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stored in: Tim Rowan's Home Care Technology Report and tagged: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), care coordination, care plans, care transitions, CHINs, costs, home healthcare providers, hospice providers, hospital readmissions, Medicare, Medicare payments, Medicare penalties, post-acute care provision
Monday of this week was October 1, 2012, the first day of Federal Fiscal Year 2013. The first day of a new Supreme Court session and the first day of Medicare hospital readmission penalties. The mass media has finally heard that Medicare will reduce payments to hospitals with high readmission rates by a predetermined percentage […]
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