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 ...

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 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 ...

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - CVS Health's Aetna insurance arm will expand a nascent program pairing members in its privately run Medicare plans with nurses - an effort the company says will reduce ...

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 ...

More than half a billion dollars. That’s the recently released total for readmission penalties the federal government will be withholding in Medicare payments from over half the nation’s hospitals in ...

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 ...

Hospital readmissions are a growing concern across the healthcare sector. They drive up costs, pressure hospital resources, and impact patient well-being. One significant—and often preventable—reason ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hospitals are facing real issues regarding readmissions by the homeless. With nowhere to go and little to survive on, members of this population suffering from medical problems face a continued march ...