Critics of CMS’ Hospital Readmission Reduction Program are often quick to point out its flaws. However, the healthcare industry should work together to refine this program, rather than just “throw the ...

Last year, 2,225 hospitals had their payments reduced through Oct. 1 this year because of excess readmissions, thanks to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program established by the Patient ...

The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates in an acknowledgment of the upheaval the COVID-19 pandemic has caused, resulting in ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and electronic health record–based automation tools helped a safety-net health system meet performance-based readmission metrics, thereby retaining critical funding while ...

hospital wristband Racial disparities may be widening within safety-net hospitals for non-HRRP-targeted conditions. After Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) began enforcing ...

The Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) financially penalizes hospitals with high readmission rates. In fiscal year 2019 the program was changed to account for the association ...

Readmission rate improvements often attributed to an Affordable Care Act policy fining hospitals with higher-than-expected readmissions may actually be the result of changes in how visits were being ...

ANAHEIM, CA — Controversial new research suggests the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) may have slowed the revolving door for Medicare ...

Posters presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Illinois, found that the neighborhood income and socioeconomic status had an effect on heart failure and ...

BOSTON- Results from a new study at Boston Medical Center show how transition support and post-discharge depression treatment reduce unplanned hospital readmissions for individuals with depressive ...

The extent to which patients’ risk for readmission after a hospitalization is influenced by local availability of postdischarge care options is not currently known. We used national, hospital-level ...

Hospitals in Lake and Porter County will receive reduced Medicare payments in 2023 due to high patient readmission numbers. Area hospitals have have been repeatedly penalized for readmission rates; St ...