The mandate embedded into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for hospitals to reduce their avoidable inpatient readmissions has proven to be a major—if predictable—shock to the U.S. healthcare system. And despite the advance notice, the scramble is on right now to figure out how to leverage the analytics tools and data warehouse infrastructures to support readmissions reduction work.
The mandate embedded into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for hospitals to reduce their avoidable inpatient readmissions has proven to be a major—if predictable—shock to the U.S. healthcare system.
