Heart failure sends more patients back to the hospital within 30 days than almost any other condition, and CMS penalties follow close behind.
Kettering Health set out to change that. Its clinical and administrative leaders partnered to redesign heart failure care around early, non-invasive remote monitoring that flags signs of decline before a readmission occurs.
The results are measurable. At one of its facilities, Kettering Health cut its 30-day heart failure readmission rate — an observed-to-expected ratio drop from 1.30 to 0.89 — while scaling the program across its network, meeting CMS quality benchmarks and protecting Medicare reimbursements.
This on-demand session details how they did it, and how physician and executive leaders stayed aligned throughout.
You’ll learn:
- How Kettering Health lowered its 30-day heart failure readmission rate below the expected benchmark
- How non-invasive remote monitoring enables intervention before readmissions occur
- Strategies to meet CMS quality benchmarks and avoid readmission penalties
- How clinical and administrative leaders co-developed a systemwide program