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General Medicine, The Post-Hospitalist Company Achieves Readmission Rates Better than 95% of CMS National Peer Group

Partner facilities of General Medicine, The Post-Hospitalist Company, attained an average hospital readmission rate of 4.8% for all of 2013, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The 2013 Quality and Resource Use Report—compiled by CMS and finalized late 2014—found that General Medicine, The Post-Hospitalist Company, achieved readmission rates 70% lower thanRead the Rest…


General Medicine, The Post-Hospitalist Company, Achieves High Quality Measures While Decreasing Health Care Spending

General Medicine, The Post-Hospitalist Company, has maintained patient spending levels lower than industry standards while maintaining care levels well above its peer group performance. Data gathered from Medicare’s 2014 account of Quality and Resource Use Report for 2013 and The Journal of American Medical Associations (JAMA) further illustrate General Medicine’s strong strides in improving theRead the Rest…


General Medicine, The Post-Hospitalist Company’s Hospital Readmission Rates Lower than 95% of the Industry

General Medicine, The Post-Hospitalist Company’s significant reductions in hospital readmissions this year have accounted for an average of 70% reduction in hospital readmission rate penalties for partner hospitals in its Eastern Operational Division, and an average of 52% reductions for its Western Division. The most significant penalty decreases, both 83%, were achieved by two partnerRead the Rest…


General Medicine, The Post-Hospitalist Company, Recruitment/ Retention in Top 10% of Industry

General Medicine, The Post-Hospitalist Company’s success continues in 2014. General Medicine, The Post-Hospitalist Company is proud to announce that recruitment successes have increased by 43% as of the end of the third quarter. This recruitment achievement, combined with a 22% increase in retention, has resulted in dynamic growth in revenue and service volume. This performanceRead the Rest…


Over 3,000 Dual Eligibles Patients in Illinois select The Post-Hospitalist Company

DETROIT, October 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — General Medicine, P.C., The Post-Hospitalist Company has once again achieved another milestone in the last quarter of 2014. Within one week of the launch of the state of Illinois’s newest Managed Care Health Plan, the Medicare-Medicaid Duals Plan, over 3,000 members/enrollees of this newest health plan have chosen General Medicine,Read the Rest…


9 of the top 10 MCOs in the U.S. Have Contracted With The Post-Hospitalist Company, General Medicine

DETROIT, August 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Post Hospitalist Company, General Medicine, P.C. recently achieved another milestone. They are now contracted with 9 of the top 10 managed care companies in the U.S. and continues on a path of steady growth during the 3rd quarter of 2014. General Medicine is the nation’s leading provider ofRead the Rest…


Improving Quality, 112 Post Hospitalist Co. Facilities Featured by U.S. News & World Report

DETROIT, April 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — As the leading Post Hospitalist Company, General Medicine continues to improve to the healthcare industry. 112 of General Medicine’s Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Facility Partners nationwide have been recognized as the Nation’s Best Nursing Homes for 2013. This recognition is reported by U.S. News & World Report in its annual Best Nursing Homes report.Read the Rest…


General Medicine achieves top 10 percent status

Detroit, MI, January 10, 2014 – General Medicine, P.C. – “The Post Hospitalist Company” achieves performance in the top 10 percent for audited Health Care Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) Rate results for 2013 The overall average HEDIS Rate for all of the Managed Care Plans (Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, POS and PPO Plans) servicedRead the Rest…


General Medicine, P.C. Signs its 1,000th Post-Acute Facility Service Agreement

DETROIT, November 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Post Hospitalist Company / General Medicine, P.C. – continues with steady, successful growth into the fourth quarter of 2013. As the nation’s leading provider of specialized Post Hospitalist Medical Care Services to Managed Care Organizations, Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligible Programs, Medicare Advantage Plans, Accountable Care Organization’s High-Value Provider Networks,Read the Rest…


Decline in Hospital Readmission Rate and ER Hospital Admissions

In a difficult healthcare environment, where the national average for patients being readmitted to the hospital is excessive, General Medicine, PC, The Post-Hospitalist Company, has worked with the State of Illinois’ Integrated Care Plan to reduce its hospital readmission rate for post-acute Medicaid patients by 18 percent in the first year. In addition, the planRead the Rest…