Oral nutritional supplements may help hospitals achieve readmission reduction policies
Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
In the US, one in five Medicare patients is readmitted to a hospital each year at an estimated cost of $17.5 billion annually. To reduce this impact, the Affordable Care Act has introduced hospital penalties based on readmissions conditions that commonly affect patients aged 65 and older -- including acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and pneumonia.