Note: Costs were defined as the actual expenses incurred in the production of hospital services (such as wages, supplies and utility costs). A readmission was defined as a patient who was hospitalized within 30 days of a previous hospital admission.
Costs of 8 Top Medicaid Readmission Conditions
Here are the hospital costs of the eight most common Medicaid readmissions in 2011, according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality statistical brief.
Capacity without new beds: Inside VHC Health’s approach to earlier discharge decisions
Presenters: James Meenan, FACHE, CCM, VHC HealthRussell Graney, Aidin (a part of LeanTaaS)