Highmark BCBS partnership to tackle hospital readmission among homeless people

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is working with Buffalo (N.Y.) City Mission on addressing hospital readmission rates among homeless individuals.

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The organizations are working together on a recuperative care unit to battle readmissions, as those experiencing homelessness are four times more likely to return to a hospital within one month of discharge, WIVB 4 reported.

The program provides patients both with medical care and transitional programs.

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