A program operated by Sun Health has saved $14.8 million for Medicare since 2011.
The Sun Health Care Transitions program reduced hospital re-admissions for 11,025 Medicare patients to an average of 7.81 percent, compared with the national average of 18 percent.
If those Medicare patients would have been readmitted at the expected national re-admission rate of 18 percent, it would have cost Medicare $26.3 million. But keeping re-admissions down to 7.81 percent cost Medicare $11.5 million, creating…
A program operated by Sun Health has saved $14.8 million for Medicare since 2011.
The Sun Health Care Transitions program reduced hospital re-admissions for 11,025 Medicare patients to an average of 7.81 percent, compared with the national average of 18 percent.
If those Medicare patients would have been readmitted at the expected national re-admission rate of 18 percent, it would have cost Medicare $26.3 million. But keeping re-admissions down to 7.81 percent cost Medicare $11.5 million, creating…