Operational Efficiency
Medicare hits hospitals with readmission penalties; does the regulation need to be tweaked?
11.24.2014 | Operational Efficiency
While readmission rates are dropping at many hospitals, Medicare fined 2,610 hospitals across the nation for readmitting patients within a month of being discharged, with regulators hitting 39 of those facilities with...
07.08.2014 | Operational Efficiency
Minimizing excessive patient readmission
“We can’t force patients to be compliant, and sometimes there are socioeconomic factors beyond our control; however, there is a lot that we can do... Read More
07.07.2014 | Operational Efficiency
RealScore MD and the benefits of grading doctors by data
The increased availability of Medicare data is increasing the ways for hospitals and patients to evaluate the quality of the doctors working for them. The... Read More