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Michael Charest: 3 strategies to reduce revenue hits from readmissions

  1. Improve patient discharge communications, including an archival process to prove that discharge instructions were complete
  2. Put precautions in place.to flag potentially conflicting instructions resulting from a lack of coordination
  3. Incentivize care providers by letting them know how their readmission rates compare to their peers

Source: Healthcare Finance News, March 20, 2014
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