ReadmissionsRx, December 13, 2011
December 13, 2011 Volume II, No. 15


  1. Aetna, COPC Collaboration Model Leads to Fewer Hospitalizations

  2. Racial, Insurance Disparities Revealed in Post-Hospital Care After Trauma

  3. New Chart: Top Percentages of Reduction in Avoidable ER Visits

  4. 10 Percent of PCI Patients Readmitted to Hospital Within 30 Days

  5. 4 Ways New CMS Primary Care Program Will Help Doctors to Better Coordinate Care

  6. Q&A: How Can You Reduce Readmissions Through Education and Effective Questioning?
    (Open access until December 26.)

  7. Sustained Declines Reported in Patients Discharged from Inpatient Rehab Hospitals

  8. HealthSounds Podcast: Demonstrating the Value of the Embedded Case Manager for the Medicare Population

  9. 4 Medications Account for Two-Thirds of Emergency Hospitalizations in Elderly

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