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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

The hospital is an important place in our communities. Kids will learn about why hospitals are needed, who works there, and what kinds of things happen there. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO