UnitedHealthcare has announced it is providing a $1.1 million grant to the Colorado Hospital Association to help hospitals in the state implement a program to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions, according to a UnitedHealthcare news release.
The grant will go to the Reducing Hospital Readmissions and Safe Transitions Collaborative, a two-year program aimed at helping participating hospitals implement a patient-centered process for discharge planning and discharge education.
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Up to 20 participating Colorado hospitals will receive funding from the grant, which will go toward individual coaching and technical assistance during the course of the grant.
The grant is expected to help each hospital provide or enhance discharge-related activities, such as individual patient coaching and software upgrades.
So far, 16 hospitals have enrolled in the program, with more expected to be added in the near future. The hospitals receiving the grant are as follows:
- Avista Adventist Hospital (Louisville)
- Conejos County Hospital (La Jara)
- Denver Health (Denver)
- Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center (Lafayette)
- Littleton Adventist Hospital (Littleton)
- Longmont United Hospital (Longmont)
- Medical Center of Aurora (Aurora)
- Melissa Memorial Hospital (Holyoke)
- Platte Valley Medical Center (Brighton)
- Porter Adventist Hospital (Denver)
- Rio Grande Hospital (Del Norte)
- Sedgwick County Health Center (Julesburg)
- San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center (Alamosa)
- St. Anthony North Hospital (Westminster)
- St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center (Pueblo)
- Yuma District Hospital (Yuma)
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