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 ...

Five years ago, federal policymakers introduced the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program to spur hospitals to reduce Medicare readmission rates by penalizing them if they didn't. A new analysis led ...

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 Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, announced in 2010 to penalize excess readmissions for patients with selected medical diagnoses, was expanded in 2013 to include targeted surgical diagnoses ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of hospitals across the U.S. yesterday received welcome news thanks to the government considering the battle against COVID-19 when determining fines for poor readmission rates. Those fines, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most hospitals were in the middle of the pack ...