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...

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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

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