CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
Medical Center successfully reduces medical care costs and hospital readmission rates with innovative Medicare program to support recovery post hospital stay.
LOS ANGELES The Continuing Care Program at CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center provides intensive support to Medicare patients for 90 days after discharge from CHA HPMC, while ensuring patients regain and maintain their health. On March 30, the “Harvard Business Review,” the world’s leading business and management magazine, published an authored article by Jamie Chang, MD, Chief Clinical Operations Officer at CHA HPMC, highlighting the medical center’s success under program in reducing readmissions and improving patient wellness and satisfaction. “Since BPCIA started, the medical care for HPMC’s patients has cost 15 percent less than the targets set by CMS,” said Dr. Chang.