Health Care Disparities Affecting Readmissions: How Hospitalists Can Make a Difference?

Amid persistent gaps in care, sharpen your hospitalist impact by defining today’s racial and ethnic disparities driving readmissions, outlining how they intersect with length of stay and CMS’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, and reviewing its penalties and target conditions. You’ll analyze key studies and discuss practical, equity-centered interventions you can apply immediately to cut readmissions while advancing fair outcomes.

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Availability

On-Demand

Expires on Apr 30, 2027

Cost

Member: $0.00

Non-Member: $55.00

Credit Offered

0.75 CME Credit

0.75 ABIM-MOC Point

0.75 Participation Credit

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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:

Define the current state of racial/ethnic health care disparities in the United States.
Outline the relationship between racial/ethnic health care disparities and hospital readmissions.
Review the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services' Hospital Readmission Reduction Program and the proposed strategies to prevent hospital readmissions.
Dive into the literature to explore the specific racial/ethnic health care disparities that have been uncovered by the CMS' Hospital Readmission Reduction Program.
Discuss the potential strategies in which hospitalists can use to address the racial/ethnic health care disparities but at the same time prevent hospital readmissions.

Faculty

Tanisha Hamilton

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The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

Accreditation Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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