MEDLINE LAUNCHES FIRST-OF-ITS KIND SOLUTION TO HELP NURSING HOMES REDUCE HOSPITAL READMISSIONS
New tool tracks risk-adjusted readmissions to compare rates to other facilitiesMUNDELEIN,Ill., July 12, 2012 — One in five patients discharged from a hospital is readmitted within 30 days and one in three goes back within 90 days, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS estimates that Medicare alone spends $17 billion annually on avoidable readmissions. And now, as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals, and possibly nursing homes in the future, are expected to help foot the bill for these costly rehospitalizations. To help reduce readmissions,