Hospital Readmission Reduction Program
Hospitals with greater reductions in readmissions rates are no more likely to increase their observation-service use than other hospitals, according to a study reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study examines readmission and observation-service rates before, during and鈥
In a study published online this week in JAMA Pediatrics, adjusting for social determinants of health changed hospitals鈥 penalty status on a readmissions-based pay-for-performance measure. The study compared the performance of 43 children鈥檚 hospitals on a readmissions-based pay-for-performance鈥
The Issue
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) required the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to penalize hospitals for 鈥渆xcess鈥 readmissions when compared to 鈥渆xpected鈥 levels of readmissions. Since the start of the program on Oct. 1, 2012, hospitals have experienced nearly $1.9 billion鈥
Unplanned hospital readmissions following elective hip and knee replacements fell 20% and 23%, respectively, between 2009 and 2013 among adults aged 50-84 enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans provided by a large U.S. insurance carrier, according to a new study by the AARP Public Policy鈥
Medicare patients admitted to hospitals with higher readmission rates are more likely to have characteristics associated with a higher probability of readmission, according to a study published online today by JAMA Internal Medicine. 鈥淭his finding suggests that Medicare is penalizing hospitals鈥
At an AHA-sponsored briefing today on Capitol Hill, hospital leaders called for changes in Medicare鈥檚 Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. Michael Langberg, M.D., senior vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, said hospitals shouldn鈥檛 be 鈥溾
A new AHA TrendWatch report calls for refinements in Medicare鈥檚 Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) that achieve the goal of reducing readmissions without unfairly penalizing hospitals.
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers March 10 introduced legislation that the AHA said would improve the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) by factoring sociodemographic status into hospital readmission rates.
Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Reps. Jim Renacci (R-OH) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) today introduced AHA-supported legislation (S. 688/H.R. 1343) that would require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adjust a hospital鈥檚 performance in the Medicare Hospital鈥