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CMS Dedicates Tens Of Millions To Reducing Hospitalizations In Newest Funding Push

Published on Thu Oct 01, 2015

A new funding push to reduce hospital readmissions underscores the measure’s importance for your referring hospital partners. CMS is sinking another $110 million into efforts to reduce hospital readmissions and to prevent hospitalacquired conditions, it says in a release. “Initiatives like the Partnership for Patients, Accountable Care Organizations, Quality Improvement Organizations, and others have helped reduce hospital readmissions in Medicare [...]
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