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Tim Wood

Post-acute care continues to be a rapidly growing segment within healthcare. The growth has been driven both by economics and by technological innovation. On the economics front, insurance companies and Medicare have reduce reimbursements for readmissions that occur shortly (10 - 31 days) after a patient has been discharged. Beginning in October 2012, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program required the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reduce payments to inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) hospitals with excess readmissions. [...]