Regarding the article Bill introduced to reduce hospital readmissions
When we looked at rehospitalization of Medicare patients in the past, we found that many were tied to the individual being released too early by the hospital because the CMS would only reimburse for X number of days for Y condition. We also found that many patients were rehospitalized for pneumonia acquired during a nursing home visit.
Virginia A. Cardin
Senior consultantFrost & SullivanSan Antonio