The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has chosen 14 communities around the nation for the agency’s Care Transitions Project, which seeks to eliminate unnecessary hospital readmissions.
Communities in the following regions have been selected to participate in the project: Providence, R.I.; Upper Capitol Region, N.Y.; Western Pennsylvania; Southwestern New Jersey; Metro Atlanta East, Ga.; Miami, Fla.; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Evansville, Ind.; Greater Lansing Area, Mich.; Omaha, Neb.; Baton Rouge, La.; North West Denver, Colo.; Harlingen, Texas; and Whatcom County, Washington.
The Care Transitions Project will continue in all 14 communities through summer 2011. CMS will monitor the success of this project by watching the rates at which patients in these communities return to the hospital.
Read more about the project.
