30-day readmission prevention program in heart failure patients (RAP-HF) in a community hospital: creating a task force to improve performance in achieving CMS target goals

• Main Authors: Phyllis Macchio (Author), Lorraine Farrell (Author), Vikas Kumar (Author), Wajiah Illyas (Author), Martin Barnes (Author), Himani Patel (Author), Andrew L. Silverman (Author), Thuy Hong Le (Author), Haseeb Siddique (Author), Albert Raminfard (Author), Michael Tofano (Author), Jacob Sokol (Author), Greg Haggerty (Author), Alan Kaell (Author), Shuaib Rabbani (Author), Joan Faro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In 2012, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would penalize any hospitals that had 30-day readmission rates for heart failure (HF) patients above 20%. Mather Hospital Northwell Health, a community teaching hospital, organized a proactive task force to meet these goals. We d...