Reducing readmissions to hospitals is sound medical and administrative policy. No one who’s been admitted for surgery, illness, or injury wants to return shortly after discharge because of an infected incision or some other complication. These readmissions are also costly, and the Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) was tasked with reducing Medicare Fee-for-Service readmission rates.… Continue reading “And Then There’s Statistics”—The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program