What can hospitals do to reduce readmissions, prevent CMS penalties, loss of revenues and combat rising cost, waste and disengaged physicians? A staggeringly high percentage (46%) of US registered hospitals faced readmission penalties in 2018 (Footnote). This reduced Medicare reimbursement payments that CMS makes to affected hospitals between Oct. 1.,2017 and Sept. 30., 2018. This loss of revenue and wasteful readmissions can be avoided if hospitals adopt a systems and scien