Mental health disorders complicate standards used by ACA to penalize hospitals for readmission
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Co-existing psychiatric illness should be considered in assessing hospital readmissions for three common medical conditions used by Medicare and Medicaid to penalize hospitals with 'excessive' readmission rates. That was the conclusion of a newly published collaborative study by 11 major US healthcare providers affiliated with the nationwide Mental Health Research Network.