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Readmissions: What Health Plans Need to Know

Published: April 10, 2018
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Screen Shot 2018 04 10 At 2.26.25 PMPreventing avoidable hospital readmissions is considered by many to be the most important opportunity for reducing waste in health care.  The Johns Hopkins ACG® System can be used to identify at-risk patients.

Listen to Amy Salls, Director of Population Health Strategy at DST Health Solutions, discuss what a readmission is and why identifying these at-risk patients is important to your health plan.

This infographic from DST Health Solutions provides an example of a patient at high risk for readmission.

 

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