Problem
You are hospital director for a healthcare system that has not been doing well on hospital readmission rates. You are asked to work with the training and development team on how to update hospital staff and physicians on what this program is and why it is important. You will be writing a memo to training team on the key focus of the training to improve hospital readmission rates.
a) Analyze MACRA and detail the types of quality initiatives that occur under this legislation.
b) Is risk sharing proving to be beneficial for value-based care to.... the patient? The system? CMS?
c) What is the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program?
d) How you plan to improve your readmission rate? What will your training entail?