Executive Briefings | January 23, 2014
Who Needs To Worry About Readmission Rates?
At a recent meeting, I was asked about the best areas for new service line investments. My answer – "any program that keeps high-needs complex consumers out of institutional settings." The rationale is simple – a small proportion of consumers use a high proportion of health care resources (see Five Percent of Americans Responsible for Half of U.S. Health Spending, Costs of Complex Consumers Dominate Health Policy Concerns . . .