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Intro -- HOSPITAL READMISSIONS COMPLEXITIES, REDUCTION EFFORTS, AND ANALYSES OF HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED CONDITIONS -- HOSPITAL READMISSIONS COMPLEXITIES, REDUCTION EFFORTS, AND ANALYSES OF HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED CONDITIONS -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Addressing Medicare Hospital Readmissions∗ -- Summary -- Introduction -- Factors that Influence Hospital Readmissions -- Medicare's Readmission Measures -- Medicare's Existing Payment Incentives and Conditions of Participation (COP) for Discharge Planning -- Current Medicare Care Transition Initiatives -- Community-Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP) for High-Risk Medicare Beneficiaries -- Forthcoming Medicare Payment Initiatives to Address Readmissions -- The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) -- National Pilot Program of Payment Bundling -- Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Initiative -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Hospital Actions That May Mitigate Against Readmissions -- Improving Hospital Discharge Procedures -- Improving Patient-Provider Communication -- Targeting Patients at Risk of Readmission -- Accessing and Training Available Caregivers -- Minimizing Medical Errors -- Arranging for Post-Discharge Care -- Developing Collaborations between Providers and Community Organizations -- Appendix B. Different Readmission Measures and Methodologies -- The Jencks Readmission Framework -- Geisinger and UnitedHealthcare Group (UHG) Approaches -- 3M's PPR Approach -- CMS' All-Cause Readmission Measure -- Measure Design Can Affect Hospitals' Readmission Rates -- Appendix C. Illustrative Example of the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program Calculation -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 Readmissions due to Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs): Multivariate Modeling and under-coding Analyses* -- Section 1. Introduction and Overview of Research Approach