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As acute care hospitals in Wichita and around the nation treat increasing numbers of patients, a new round of funding through a federal program aims to improve hospital safety and cut down on readmission rates.
And Kansas is part of that program.
Earlier this fall, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced $347 million in funding for the new Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks.
Building on previous efforts that helped generate an estimated $20 billion in cost savings…