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Where there -- some new concerns about how president Obama's health care law is really going to be implemented the more we learn about it -- like it's a Nancy Pelosi remember that.
Let's bring in doctor Marc Siegel who's taken a look at how all of this will really.
Manifest in south and I lives paid actor.
Martha our seniors have a problem two point six million of them go home from hospitals only -- have to be readmitted within a month.
Two thirds of the time for something other than the problem they had in the first place.
We spoke to a top health policy expert at Yale who believes doctors focus too much on the reason for admission not enough on what happens after.
He is a solution to what he calls post hospital syndrome.
I -- -- -- teams is believed -- not relatively new in Madison.
So for us to succeed.
We have to work together inpatient outpatient nurses doctors health care workers health care educators.
Everyone has to be able to -- get a social workers not medical personnel we have to have a clear idea about what does this patient need to be successful.
Nearly one in five Medicare patients has an acute problem within a month after hospital discharge that requires them to be readmitted doctor chrome Holtz is latest research calls this.
Post hospital syndrome and it cost the health care system billions.
He believes that even a small reduction in this could save money.
And stabilize.
The -- certainly is technically perfect.
But the rehab doesn't work in some problems in the outpatient six months later people are reading that they had the surgery -- are gaining any benefit from it.
Then what did the surgery actually accomplished but -- our health care system -- -- such an all hands on deck approach to senior care.
Health care insurance advocate Susan Pisano says HMOs anticipated this problem in advance of Obama care.
Health plans have focused on the transition from hospital to home.
Very conservatively over the last few years and have design systems.
To help make sure the patient gets what he or she needs.
-- at home to make sure the follow up visit occurs to make sure patients are taking amendments.
I -- an 83 year old heart patient at Yale who hoped her experience of coming in and out of hospitals like a Yo-Yo would soon be over.
Because she was about to be a rare recipient of a new procedure to fix her valve without surgery.
She's concerned Medicare won't cover the cost of possibly have an -- and better and she's right.
I think problem doctor thank you very much thanks Martha there is new.
