Assignment: Reducing Readmissions: Brief to the Board of Directors

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Assignment: Reducing Readmissions: Brief to the Board of Directors

In an effort to reduce the high costs of health care, health care executives, physicians, and clinical staff establish guidelines to minimize the rates of readmissions for patients. While certain medical conditions may require that patients are readmitted into health care organizations, for less urgent or extensive medical conditions, ensuring that health care service is administered effectively the first time will go a long way in minimizing readmission. From a financial standpoint, patient readmissions constrict health care services, resources, and staff that would otherwise be used to treat new patient cases. From effective health care delivery, a patient who is readmitted may be an indication of poor quality health care delivery, ineffective process workflows, or inefficient patient care.

The Assignment: (2 pages)

Write a brief to the board of directors explaining how you, as the chief executive of the hospital, would implement strategies to reduce readmissions within the context of Medicare reimbursement. Be specific and provide examples.

Be sure to include support from the literature

For this Assignment, review the resources for this week.

A: Write an DETAILED INTRODUCTION STATEMENT (2-3 paragraphs).

B: Write a DETAILED CONCLUSION STATEMENT. (2-3 paragraphs).

C. Separate page for REFERENCES.

D. USE THE FOLLOWING SUB HEADINGS QUESTIONS FOR PAPER.

1. Reflect on how health care executives might address the board of directors of a health care organization in order to reduce readmissions?

2. What would you, as a current or future health care executive, need to consider in making this choice?

3. Within the context of Medicare reimbursements, how will reducing readmissions benefit the health care organization?

4. Write a brief to the board of directors explaining how you, as the chief executive of the hospital, would implement strategies to reduce readmissions within the context of Medicare reimbursement? Be specific and provide examples.

5. What are those key points that you would highlight as most critical in an executive brief for your board of directors??