Heart Failure Devices: Raising Roadblocks To Readmission
By
Mary Thompson / Email the Author / Medtech Insight January 2012, Vol. 14, No. 1
Cover Story / Word Count: 11335 / Article # 2012700007
Executive Summary
A new Medicare cost-control program aimed at reducing costly hospital readmissions has heart failure squarely in the cross-hairs, and the consequences could mean hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost Medicare revenue for hospitals that fail to meet the new readmission standards. As a result, providers are scrambling to implement programs to assess and reduce heart failure readmissions, and a growing number of device companies are touting a variety of technologies they believe could help them achieve that goal.
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