For Medicare patients, a study published in JAMA found no evidence for an increase in in-hospital or post-discharge mortality linked to the implementation of CMS’ Hospital Readmissions Reduction ...

The Healthcare Financial Management Association has listed several “areas of concern” in CMS’ Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in a letter to the Agency. The program, which is scheduled to ...

A new Press Ganey white paper highlights an association between HCAHPS performance -- patient experience scores -- and lower rates of readmission. (Performance Insights - The Relationship Between ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has found that hospitals with a large portion of low-income patients also have higher readmission rates, and, therefore, higher penalties under ...

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 ...

For more than a decade, hospitals have worked to help older adults avoid repeated inpatient stays, incentivized by a federal program that cuts Medicare reimbursements if hospitals have ...

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 ...

Financial penalties levied under the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program lead to the poorest performing hospitals to achieve the greatest reductions in readmission ...