Reducing 30-Day Readmissions at Midstate Regional Health System

Midstate Regional Health System is a mid-sized community hospital network with three campuses serving a mixed urban-suburban population. They participate in CMS value-based purchasing programs and are subject to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) penalties.

Midstate's quality team has noticed their 30-day all-cause readmission rates are trending above the national average for several condition groups.