Most believe that all hospitals can prevent at least some rehospitalizations by using a spectrum of programs to better support vulnerable patients during the high-risk post hospital period ( 1– 3). Thirty-day rehospitalizations affect 1 in 5 hospitalized Medicare patients, cost over $17 billion annually, and result in hospital-based Medicare payment penalties for congestive heart failure, pneumonia and acute myocardial infarction rehospitalizations ( 1).
Maureen Smith, MD, MPH, PhD: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Room 210–31, 800 University Bay Dr., Madison, WI 53705 William Ehlenbach, MD, MSc: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 5245 MFCB MC2281, 1685 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705, Greenberg, MD: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, BX7375 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792 Menggang Yu, PhD: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 1685 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705Ĭhristie Bartels, MD, MS: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Rheumatology, Room 4132 UWCB, 1685 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705 Jane Brock, MD, MSPH: Telligen, CFMC, 23 Inverness Way East, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112 Steve Jencks, MD, MPH: 8 Midvale Rd, Baltimore, MD 21210 Middleton VA Hospital – GRECC, 2500 Overlook Terrace, Madison, WI 53705
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