The American Journal of Managed Care

MedPAC Reports Lower Readmission Rates and Reduced Medicare Spending With HRRP

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 ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Data Presented at AHA Shows Medicare's HRRP Only Cut Readmissions for the Wealthy

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 ...
TCTMD

Program to Cut Hospital Readmissions Has Not Changed Racial Disparities in Acute MI

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 ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Study: Readmission reduction program increases mortality in Medicare heart failure patients

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, ...
Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—Addressing flaws within CMS' Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

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 ...
Health Affairs

Hospital Readmission Reduction Program Reignites Debate Over Risk Adjusting Quality Measures

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 ...
Becker's Hospital Review

CMS hospital readmission reduction program ineffective for COPD, study suggests

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 ...
Health Affairs

Examining Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

New financial incentives and penalties in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) designed to optimize health care system performance are proving difficult to manage, but they are also providing new ...
STAT

Ignoring evidence begot Medicare’s dangerous hospital readmissions penalty

Federal programs designed to cut costs and improve health by penalizing doctors and hospitals are failing at an alarming rate. Some of them actually harm patients, and many don’t cut costs. One in ...
News Medical

Implementation of HRRP program associated with increased mortality after discharge

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 ...
Medscape

Are 30-Day Readmission Rules Deadly for Patients?

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 ...