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23 Organizations Added To Community Transitions Project

Published on Thu Mar 22, 2012

CMS is putting more money where its mouth is when it comes to preventing unnecessary rehospitalizations. Twenty-three additional organizations will participate in the Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP), CMS says in a release. The program began in 14 communities in 2009 and includes home care and hospice participants (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XVIII, No. 16, p. 125). The new participants "will support more than 126 local hospitals and help more than 223,000 Medicare beneficiaries in 19 states across the country," the agency adds. CMS announced last year it was kicking in $500 million more in funding for the program. The second round of CCTP, which brings the number of participants up to 30 total, is using about half the $500 million amount, CMS explains. CMS will continue to take applications for the remainder of the funds. Goal: The program aims to reduce preventable hospital readmissions by 20 percent over a [...]
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