Attention hospital executives, discharge planners and social workers: Are hospital readmission penalties under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) affecting your bottom line? With our home health care services, we can address all four of the identified triggers that cause a patient to return to your facility within 30 days, therefore helping to avoid hospital readmission penalties. These include:
- Lack of social support
- Mismanagement of medication
- Not understanding the disease process
- Missing follow-up appointments
