Miami has been chosen as the site for a pilot project to find ways to reduce Medicare costs.
BY JOHN DORSCHNER
jdorschner@MiamiHerald.com
Long notorious for its high healthcare costs, Miami has been chosen by Medicare as one of 14 communities for a pilot project seeking to eliminate unnecessary hospital readmissions.
''Our data show that nearly one in five patients who leave the hospital today will be readmitted within the next month, and that more than three-quarters of these readmissions are potentially preventable,'' Medicare Acting Administrator Charlene Frizzera said in a statement.....
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