Hospitals across the country are focused on reducing unnecessary readmissions, and this year Becker’s Hospital Review readers were interested in stories on readmission fines and how some hospitals have found success in reducing readmissions.
The following are the 10 most popular readmissions-focused stories on Becker’s Hospital Review this year.
1. The 39 hospitals facing highest Medicare fines for readmissions
2. 10 proven ways to reduce hospital readmissions
3. 6 statistics on the cost of readmission for CMS-tracked conditions
4. Why one hospital thanks the Ritz-Carlton for low readmission rates
5. 7 cities with the highest hospital readmission rates
6. 8% of hospitals have above-average Medicare readmission rates
8. Medicare fines record number of hospitals for readmissions
9. When readmission programs fail, what’s next?
10. Discharge support programs ineffective on readmissions, study finds