An IT game changer
Readmission rates are being attacked from all sides, and that includes by information
technology and software suppliers. Here’s a provider guide to ‘teching-up’
Readmission
Readmissions project brings 17% drop in hospitalizations
A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program created to reduce hospital readmissions among nursing home residents has shown positive results after three years, the agency announced.
New option for readmissions analytics
Medline Industries and Real Time Medical Systems announced a partnership in October geared to reducing hospital readmissions.
NCAL extends assisted living quality campaign through 2018
Assisted living quality initiatives will focus on increasing satisfaction while reducing turnover, re-admissions and antipsychotics use, the National Center for Assisted Living announced on Tuesday.
Companion bills target ‘unfair’ hospital readmission policies
House and Senate lawmakers on Tuesday double-teamed Congress with companion bills aimed at mitigating hospital readmission penalties — a positive move for nursing homes because it would ease the invariable scrutiny that surrounds readmitted low-income and dual-eligible patients.
Medication management tied to hospitalizations
Plans are being put into place that will also penalize the skilled nursing facility for avoidable readmissions. As such, to distinguish oneself as a desirable downstream provider, one must effectively manage these high risk patient’s care
Shedding light on the impact of hospice care
While there seems to be some disagreement over Malcolm Gladwell’s posit that doing something for 10,000 hours will make you a master at it, the idea that practice leads at least to improvement has received another shot in the arm. (That would be hospice providers you hear cheering in the background.)
Good performance on SNF quality measures does not prevent deaths or readmissions, study finds
A skilled nursing facility that scores well on quality measures is not necessarily reducing residents’ risk of death or readmission within 30 days of arriving from a hospital, according to findings in the latest issue of the American Medical Association journal JAMA.
Coaching sessions reduce hospital readmissions, study finds
An hour-long educational coaching session and up to three follow-up phone calls reduced readmissions by 39% among Medicare patients, a new study finds.
Readmission numbers drop
Readmissions of seniors to a hospital within a month of discharge declined in 2013, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
