More than half of the nation’s hospitals are being penalized a total of $564 million in FY 2018 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for excessive Medicare patient readmissions within 30 days of discharge. A $27 million increase over 2017, this is...
Revised ER Avoidance Outreach Strategy Reduces Unnecessary Utilization A large commercial health plan expanded its partnership with Carenet Health to further reduce non-urgent ER visits and associated costs. For two years, Carenet had been conducting ER...
