UNT, BROOKDALE RECEIVE $7.3M FROM U.S. GOVERNMENT

FORT WORTH — The UNT Health Science Center and Brookdale Senior Living have been awarded a $7.3 million Health Care Innovation award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a program to reduce hospital re-admissions of seniors housing residents. The Brookdale Senior Living Transitions of Care Program, a partnership between the UNT Health Science Center, Florida Atlantic University and Brookdale Senior Living, will begin in Brookdale's Texas and Florida facilities. The program could reduce hospital re-admissions by 11.2 percent and save Medicare $9.3 million.