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Reports From the Field: HAART therapy cuts hospital days for HIV/AIDS patients
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News Briefs: ED visits, wait time up 14% since 1997
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News Briefs: Improper payments declined, OIG says
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Critical Path Network: Group closing GAP in heart attack care
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Critical Path Network: Neonatal home program saves money, helps babies
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Patient Safety Alert Supplement
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News Briefs: CMS to publish changes in Medicare/Medicaid regs
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Critical Path Network: Computerized pathways should match written policy
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Team helps hospital avoid readmission penalties
Bassett Medical Centers readmission reduction project has resulted in a reduction of up to 70% among highest-risk patients. -
Readmission reduction has begun and the penalties will escalate
Beginning Oct. 1, 2012, more than 2,000 hospitals serving Medicare patients began losing reimbursement under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) readmission reduction program, which penalizes hospitals experiencing excess 30-day readmissions for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and pneumonia. The average penalty is about $125,000.