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Despite the appearance of gridlock in Washington this summer, there is some real progress being made on the health care front.  Partnership for Patients, a national coalition of providers envisioned by Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick, demonstrates that we can improve the quality of health care while at the same time lowering costs. 

This new public-private partnership aims to achieve two core goals â€" keep patients from getting injured or sicker in the health care system and helping patients heal without complication by improving transitions from acute-care hospitals to other care settings, such as a skilled nursing facility. Achieving both is critical to the well-being of the country and is well within our grasp.  America’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities are ready and committed to be a  part of the solution.

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