Location The Upper Midwest Beds 616 Annual Admissions 29,850 Case Mix Index 1.78 An Ensocare Case Study A Measurable Decrease in Length of Stay for a Tertiary Care Medical Center Challenges • Post-acute care provider participation under previous discharge system was low (50 percent). • Pay-to-play model deterred providers from joining post-acute referral network. • Hospital discharge staff still tied to time- consuming phone calls, faxing and follow-up calls to post-acute providers. • With a case mix index (CMI) of 1.78, patient length of stay (LOS) was not decreasing under previous discharge system. • Fragmented discharge process was not conducive to the medical center’s goals to increase efficiency in preparation for healthcare reform and Accountable Care Organization (ACO) participatio

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