Meeting
Abstract Number: 213
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Frequent readmissions pose a challenge to hospitals across the country. They are associated with increasing healthcare costs and display a failure to effectively care for certain groups of patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) apply a penalty towards hospitals with higher than expected 30-days readmission rates. In response, hospitals have implemented […]