Tag: "Hospital Readmissions"

Hospital Readmissions: Federal Policy Must Stop Interfering with System Thinking

Hospital Readmissions: Federal Policy Must Stop Interfering with System Thinking

In our experience in case management, both in hospitals and in managed care organizations, we have found many reasons why patients are readmitted to hospitals.

Flawed Logic = Flawed Healthcare Reform Policy Decisions

Flawed Logic = Flawed Healthcare Reform Policy Decisions

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine implies that because 50% of re-admitted patients had no outpatient physician visits their care was sub-optimal and that somehow hospitals are responsible and should be financially punished for high rates of re-admitted patients. This logic is flawed.