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Consumer Reports to Rate Hospitals

Consumers Union, which rates everything from cars to carpet sweepers, is now posting patient satisfaction scores hospitals receive under the [MORE]

Lack of Home Health Delays Hospital Discharges

In a recent survey of Massachusetts physicians, more than half reported that they kept patients hospitalized for lack of discharge [MORE]

Legislation for “Care Coaches”

Senator Michael Bennett (D-Colorado) has introduced a bill titled “The Medicare Care Transition Act of 2009” that calls for a [MORE]

Hospital Readmissions Squeeze

Last month, CMS began its Care Transition Projects which aims to develop a number of interventions to cut down on [MORE]

Hospital Readmission Costs

A Boston-based research group has found that one in five hospital discharges results in an adverse event requiring readmission within [MORE]