When you’re working to prevent readmissions at a large hospital system, things can get complicated pretty quickly just by virtue of the size of the organization. But at one Texas health system, officials have opted to simplify their process by boiling down their efforts to four pillars that they say are helping them to keep patients from needing to return to the hospital unnecessarily.
This week’s Medicare updates include the final Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON), a CY 2017 Update to the DMEPOS fee schedule, information on the CJR Model Skilled SNF 3-Day Rule Waiver, and more!