Every state but one has reduced avoidable hospital readmissions since 2010, CMS says

Modern Healthcare:  Every state in the U.S. but Vermont has reduced its avoidable hospital readmission rates since 2010, new data released Tuesday by the CMS show. These improvements follow the implementation of various CMS programs and initiatives to improve the quality of care, chief among them is the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.The overall decrease in readmission rates translated to about 100,000 hospital readmissions avoided for Medicare beneficiaries in 2015 alone, and some 565,000 readmissions since 2010.

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