The 4:1 ROI Of Hospital Discharge Transition Programs

Hospital readmissions are expensive (for resources that include some of the costs, see Mental Health Conditions Among Top 10 Causes Of Hospital Readmissions and Medicare Reports No Progress Reducing Hospital 30-Day Readmission Rates all members) – and have the attention of CMS and other payers. That's the reason for the policies – see Medicare To Penalize 2,000+ Hospitals For Excess Readmissions – that penalize hospitals for readmissions.

There are many contributors to hospital readmissions, and lack of care coordination and continuity of treatment is a major factor. Former federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Donald Berwick, and . . .