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Collaborate across the continuum to ensure successful transitions

As attention focuses on preventing readmissions, hospitals must improve their internal processes and forge relationships with post-acute providers.

Program bridges acute, post-acute care

Torrance (CA) Memorial Health System instituted Total Wellness Torrance, a multi-pronged approach to reducing preventable readmissions.

Partnership aims to cut unnecessary ED use

Scottsdale (AZ) Health System and the City of Scottsdale Fire Department are teaming up to treat patients at the right level of care and avoid unnecessary trips to the emergency department and hospitalizations.

Hospitals, SNFs team to prevent readmissions

Duke Raleigh Hospital participates in a community-wide collaborative of hospitals and post-acute providers but also has developed close relationships with individual skilled nursing facilities.

ED staff, paramedics work to reduce readmits

Duke Raleigh Hospital's emergency department staff and the county's team of advanced practice paramedics work together to prevent readmissions among patients who are high utilizers of the healthcare system.

Supervisors are key to creating safety climate

"Safety culture" has been an important buzzword in occupational health for many years.

CDC: Influenza shots prevent hospitalizations

Here's another reason to emphasize influenza vaccination in long-term care: Last year, vaccination prevented an estimated 44,000 flu-related hospitalizations among older people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Joint statement on vaccine mandates

Hospitals concerned about final pay rules

CMI: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — Conditions of Participation for Utilization Review

As we have discussed in prior months, hospitals that are participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs meaning that they receive reimbursement from Medicare and/or Medicaid are required to participate in Medicare's "Conditions of Participation" (CoP).

Hospital Case Management – March 1, 2014

March 1, 2014