{"id":803,"date":"2021-06-24T20:08:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T20:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amalgamatedbenefits.com\/amalgamated-medical-care-management\/?p=803"},"modified":"2022-08-23T14:03:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:03:32","slug":"reducing-hospital-readmission-demands-better-patient-transitions-of-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amalgamatedbenefits.com\/amalgamated-medical-care-management\/reducing-hospital-readmission-demands-better-patient-transitions-of-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Hospital Readmission Demands Better Patient Transitions of Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Despite the heightened focus on reducing preventable hospital readmission for over a decade now, there remains a high number of these incidences. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that one in five elderly patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge. The Center for Health Information and Analysis estimates that hospital readmissions cost Medicare approximately $26 billion annually, $17 billion of which is associated with preventable readmissions. Cited as reasons for this still high rate of preventable readmissions are nurse workloads, lack of medication reconciliation after discharge, low quality of healthcare, and a hospital\u2019s high number of the neediest patients (i.e., those with certain conditions such as congestive heart failure, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, and co-morbidities).<\/p>\n\n\n