Gary Palgon is the Vice President of Healthcare Solutions for Liaison Technologies, which provides healthcare organizations with innovative solutions to complex integration and data management needs. He can be reached at gpalgon@liaison.com.
A total of $280 million in hospital readmissions penalties will be paid by 2,213 hospitals this year as a result of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program administered by CMS. Healthcare organizations have two options for reduction of readmissions rates.