Programs to improve patients’ transitions in care are expanding across the country through CMS’ Community-based Care Transitions Program, which is part of the national Partnership for Patients ...

CMS will hold a public meeting Dec. 3 on the Community-Based Care Transitions Program, a five-year pilot program available to hospitals with high readmission rates, according to AHA News Now. The ...

With Medicare spending an estimated $12 billion on avoidable readmissions, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, two new programs are being introduced to help curb these costly, ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced 20 new organizations participating in the Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP), which is an initiative to cut down on ...

BUFFALO – The Care Transitions of Western New York Coalition recently announced the release of their Year One Report. The report details the major milestones achieved since the coalition first ...

High rates of hospital readmissions have been shown within 12 months post-discharge from inpatient rehabilitation following stroke. Multiple studies coupled with our previous work indicate a need for ...

The 90-year-old was hospitalized in early March with kidney failure and pneumonia. After spending nearly a week at Mercy Medical Center, Tadlock, who also suffers from congestive heart failure, was ...

René Cabral-Daniels is the former director of the Public-Philanthropic Partnership Initiative at the Council on Foundations. She recently became chief of staff at the National Patient Advocate ...