This Week's Challenge: While great strides have been made in the reduction of hospital readmissions, CMS still docked reimbursement for more than 2,200 hospitals in 2013 for exceeding 30-day rehospitalization rates. Patient adherence is the top challenge organizations face in reducing readmissions, according to respondents to the fourth annual Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN) Reducing Hospital Readmissions Survey.

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2014 Healthcare Benchmarks: Reducing Hospital Readmissions documents the latest key initiatives and partnerships to reduce readmissions by patients with costly conditions by more than 100 healthcare organizations.

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