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MEDICARE READMISSIONS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM PRECONFERENCE READINGS Rehospitalizations among Patients in the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program http://www.readmissionssummit.com/documents/Rehospitalizations among Patients in the Medicare Fee-For-Service Program.pdf CMS Care Transitions QIOSC Website http://www.cfmc.org/caretransitions/about.htm CMS Targets Hospital Readmissions as a Probable Marker for Poor Quality of Care, Wasted Revenues and Resources http://www.readmissionssummit.com/documents/CMS Targets Hospital Readmissions.pdf Rehospitalizations among Medicare Fee-For-Service Patients http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/360/14/1418 Medicare Announces Sites for Pilot Program to Improve Quality as Patients Move Across Care Settings http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=3439 Hospitals Pay for Cutting Costly Readmissions http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/business/09relapse.html Hospitals Say Emphasis on Readmission Rates Could Hit Them Hard http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/node/35818/print Study: Hospitals Spend $30B in Avoidable Admissions in '06 http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/study-hospitals-spent-30b-avoidable-admissions-06/2009-04-30 Medicare Pilot Project Aims to Reduce Hospital Readmissions For Chronically Ill Beneficiariers http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/141989.php For This Health System, Less is More http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/30/AR2009033003008.html Help for Patients Leaving the Hospital can Keep Them from Coming Back http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2009/02/going_home_hold_1.html

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