CMS to extend program targeting avoidable nursing home hospitalizations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced a four-year extension of its Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents, which will allow current participants to apply to test a new payment model. Since 2013, the initiative has partnered with seven organizations to implement evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing hospital readmissions for long-stay residents of long-term care facilities who are dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid. The new payment model is slated to begin in October 2016 and will test higher-intensity interventions. For more information, see the CMS factsheet.
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