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Medical Staff Leader Connection, March 4, 2010
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In a recent article from Today’s Hospitalist, a concept emerges about a number of physicians called “extensivists” who are employed by health plans and work to increase post-discharge intervention. The primary goal of their post-discharge work is to reduce readmission rates.
Ensuring follow-up care atdischarge can be a challenge, especially with some unassigned, noncompliant patients. Most hospitalist programs encourage follow-up calls to primary care physicians (PCP) and patients within 72 hours of discharge, but health-plan hospitalists are doing more. According to this article, some health-plan hospitalists are going to see their discharged patients at integrated care centers and nursing homes after daily rounds in the hospital. And in some instances, they are rewarded with a significant bonus if readmission rate targets are met…
Read more of this blog post by Kirk Mathews, MBA at www.HospitalistLeadership.com.
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