The document discusses a study that found nutritional supplements can help reduce hospital readmission rates. Hospitals face fines under the Affordable Care Act if their readmission rates are too high. To avoid fines, hospitals may create new outpatient programs and follow-ups using nutritional supplements to help elderly patients recover fully after being discharged. The 11-year study from USC and Stanford found supplements cut readmission rates by giving patients more energy and nutrition to recover at home instead of being readmitted.

1. GOOD FOOD SUPPLEMENTS REDUCE HOSPITALS RE-
ADMISSION RATE
 One provision of the Affordable Care Act imposes fines on hospitals whose patient re-
admission rates exceed national averages. Fines estimated around $227 million are
projected to hit over 2,000 hospitals in the next year. The fine, currently at one
percent, is set to double going into 2014, punishing those hospitals that can't get their
Medicare readmission rates under control.
 This may pressure hospitals administrators to change their Medicare outpatient care
completely, as health care professionals look for alternatives to help elderly patients
recover.
 Instead of welcoming readmissions and collecting Medicare insurance funds, hospitals
may actually be pushed to help their patients recover! Entirely new outpatient
programs and follow-ups may birth, helping seniors get the nutrition and energy they
need to avoid readmission.

2.  The new 11-year study provides clear evidence on how nutritional supplements
effectively cut hospital readmission rates.
 The research, conducted from the University of Southern California and Stanford
University, shows how oral nutritional supplements help hospitalized Medicare
patients, reducing 30-day hospital readmission rates, lowering patients' length of stay
and bringing down taxpayer medical costs.
GOOD FOOD SUPPLEMENTS REDUCE HOSPITALS RE-
ADMISSION RATE

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