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  2. 2013
  3. July
  4. R
  5. Readmissions Poll 2013
 
 
I work for a:
 
Government
 
Health plan
 
Hospital
 
Other healthcare provider
 
Other
 
 
 
I am devoting:
 
Significantly more time and resources on readmission issues than a year ago
 
Somewhat more time and resources on readmission issues than a year ago
 
About the same level of time and resources on readmission issues as a year ago
 
Smaller amount of more time and resources on readmission issues than a year ago
 
 
 
The current CMS definition of “all cause” readmission is:
 
Right on the money
 
OK, but could use some tweaking
 
In need of serious re-work
 
It is totally inappropriate
 
 
 
The proper time frame for counting preventable readmissions is:
 
30 days
 
60 days
 
90 days
 
6 months
 
One year
 
 
 
To motivate providers to do a better job at preventing unnecessary readmissions we need:
 
Financial penalties only
 
Financial penalties combined with incentive programs/assistance
 
Financial penalties, incentives and public reporting
 
Incentives only
 
Public reporting only
 
 
 
We have analytics that helps us identify patients at high risk of readmission
 
Yes
 
No
 
Not yet, but working on it
 
 
 
Before discharge from the hospital we do patient education that involves (choose all that apply):
 
A physician
 
A nurse case manager
 
A pharmacist
 
A nutritionist
 
A social worker

 
 
 
In terms of working with community partners such as LTC, home health, AAA, etc., hospitals:
 
Are doing a good job
 
Are making some initial efforts, but have a ways to go
 
Really need to make this a priority
 
Don’t have a clue
 
 
 
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