The mandatory federal pay-for-performance Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
(HRRP) was created to decrease 30-day hospital readmissions by instituting accountability …

Hospital readmission measures have been touted not only as a quality measure but also as
a means to bend the healthcare cost curve. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established the …

Abstract The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) was established by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2010 with a goal of reducing …

This study examines whether the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), which
penalizes hospitals with excess readmissions for certain conditions, has reduced hospital …

Heart failure is the leading cause of readmissions in patients aged≥ 65 years with high
associated societal and economic costs. The utilization metric of 30‐day risk standardized …

Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has focused on several initiatives to reduce 30-day
readmissions among the Medicare population. The intended objective has been to reduce …

Importance Public reporting of hospitals' 30-day risk-standardized readmission rates
following heart failure hospitalization and the financial penalization of hospitals with higher …

THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) Hospital Readmissions
Reduction Program initiated a seismic shift in US hospitals' attitudes toward coordinating …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the opinions of US hospital leadership on the Hospital
Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), a national mandatory penalty-for-performance …

Since the implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP),
readmissions have declined for Medicare patients with conditions targeted by the policy …