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 ...

According to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), hospital readmission rates have fallen following implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), and HRRP did not ...

At least on the surface, readmissions after acute MI have declined under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). But dig a little deeper and significant racial disparities in both ...

The implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program reduced the rate of readmissions, but also simultaneously increased the mortality rate of Medicare patients with heart failure, ...

Incorporated into the Affordable Care Act in 2012, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) is a Medicare value-based purchasing program that aims to reduce payments to hospitals with excess ...

Black-white disparities in hospital readmission rates in the U.S. narrowed after the introduction of a Medicare program that penalizes higher-than-expected readmissions. Minority-serving hospitals ...

Do safety net hospitals categorically under perform the national average in terms of managing readmissions? Or is something else triggering higher rates of readmissions in these facilities? These ...

Researchers found CMS’ Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program slowed adoption of quality inpatient care for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The analysis, published in the American ...

Bottom Line: The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) was created under the Affordable Care Act and hospitals face financial penalties for higher-than-expected 30-day readmission rates for ...

A patient who had been in the hospital for treatment for a heart attack was sent home a week later. However, 10 days later, he was back in the hospital with chest pains and apparent complications. But ...