Delivery System Redesign

The need to readmit a patient to the hospital soon after discharge can be an indicator of poor care coordination. Hospital readmissions are also extremely costly to the health system overall. Commonwealth Fund–supported researchers identified several strategies that hospitals could use to lower their 30-day readmission rates, among them: partnering with community physicians or physician groups, making nurses responsible for medication reconciliation, and arranging follow-up appointments before leaving the hospital.

The Center for Improving Value in Health Care has officially launched the Colorado APCD. The database, created under legislative authority in 2010, includes claims data from commercial health plans, Medicare, and Medicaid.

In this brief, Manatt Health Solutions examines joint rules proposed by the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services for wellness program incentive.

A report from the Rhode Island Healthcare Commission's Payment and Delivery Reform work group.

This report reviews Minnesota's Statewide Health Improvement Program's (SHIP) first two years that ended June 30, 2011.