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IMPACT Act Showcases Hospital Readmission Rates First

Published on Fri Mar 13, 2015

CMS fast-tracking measures across post-acute settings. You may see your referrals affected much more by your patients’ hospital readmission rates under the IMPACT Act passed last fall. Why? IMPACT requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to standardize certain core data collection and reporting across four post-acute provider types: home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), long-term care hospitals [...]
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