bigger emphasis on preventing hospital admissions for heart failure
November 2013
You'll see a bigger emphasis on preventing hospital admissions for heart failure...partly because so much money is at stake.
More payers will institute incentives and penalties to improve care and reduce costs...and they're targeting expensive conditions first.
For example, about one million Americans are admitted for heart failure per year...and up to 20% are REadmitted within 30 days.
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