While hospital readmissions for targeted diseases fell under Medicare’s Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP), total hospital revisits within 30 days of discharge increased following...
New research in Health Services Research shows social determinants of health are linked to hospital readmission rates, and accounting for disability, housing instability, and other social risk factors...
What does it take to be a top hospital? According to the most recent 100 Top Hospital study from IBM Watson Health, hospitals achieving operational and care quality excellence in 2019 had several...
CMS, researchers, and other healthcare stakeholders have touted the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) touted as a success.
Under the authority of the Affordable Care Act, CMS launched the...
The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) achieved a significant drop in readmission rates for Medicare patients hospitalized for pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and heart failure...
Hospital readmission rates for conditions that carry value-based penalties under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) varied by admitting physician attending type, with geriatricians...
Providers understand that high hospital readmission rates spell trouble for patient outcomes. But excessive rates may also threaten a hospital's financial health, especially in a value-based...
Short and long-term mortality rates increased for Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure after Medicare implemented the value-based penalty component of the Hospital Readmission...
Hospital readmissions, professional fees, and post-acute care payments are key drivers of cost variations for providers participating in 90-day cardiac bundled payment models, a recent JAMA Surgery...
A case study in American Health & Drug Benefits showed that Advocate Health Care, an accountable care organization in the Chicago area, reduced healthcare costs by $3,800 per patient, or $4.8...
Hospitals that serve greater volumes of African-American patients and those with more severe conditions are more likely to receive a value-based penalty under the Medicare Hospital Readmissions...
The Medicare Hospital Readmission Reduction Program currently determines value-based penalties on 30-day unplanned readmissions rates for six conditions. But the value-based reimbursement program may...
Safety-net hospitals have to work harder to avoid value-based penalties than other participants in a Medicare program designed to reduce hospital readmissions, a new study in Health Affairs...
Forty-nine states and Washington DC have decreased preventable hospital readmissions under a Medicare value-based care initiative that financially penalizes hospitals with excess readmissions, reported...
Financial penalties may be the key to advancing value-based care goals, such as reducing hospital admissions, according to a recent study in the American Journal of Managed Care.
Almost two-thirds of...
