The Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: potential unintended consequences for hospitals serving vulnerable populations

Q Gu, L Koenig, J Faerberg, CR Steinberg… - Health services …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore the impact of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP)
on hospitals serving vulnerable populations. Data Sources/Study Setting Medicare inpatient …

Influence of socioeconomic factors on hospital readmissions for heart failure and acute myocardial infarction in patients 65 years and older: evidence from a …

G Damiani, E Salvatori, G Silvestrini… - … interventions in aging, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death and disability worldwide.
Among these diseases, heart failure (HF) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are the most …

Hospitals with higher nurse staffing had lower odds of readmissions penalties than hospitals with lower staffing

MD McHugh, J Berez, DS Small - Health Affairs, 2013 - healthaffairs.org
The Affordable Care Act's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) penalizes
hospitals based on excess readmission rates among Medicare beneficiaries. The aim of the …

Predicting 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions

M Shulan, K Gao, CD Moore - Health care management science, 2013 - Springer
Hospital readmission rate has been broadly accepted as a quality measure and cost driver.
However, success in reducing readmissions has been elusive. In the US, almost 20% of …

Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in total knee arthroplasty 30-and 90-day readmissions: a multi-payer and multistate analysis, 2007–2014

NS Arroyo, RS White, LK Gaber-Baylis… - Population health …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Previous studies have addressed racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in total knee
arthroplasty (TKA) within the Medicare population. However, there is limited research …

Medicaid admissions and readmissions: understanding the prevalence, payment, and most common diagnoses

T Trudnak, D Kelley, J Zerzan, K Griffith, HJ Jiang… - Health …, 2014 - healthaffairs.org
Reducing hospital readmissions is a way to improve care and reduce avoidable costs.
However, there have been few studies of readmissions in the Medicaid population. We …

Reductions in race and ethnic disparities in hospital readmissions following total joint arthroplasty from 2005 to 2015

RH Aseltine Jr, W Wang, RA Benthien, M Katz… - JBJS, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Racial and ethnic disparities in hospital readmissions following total joint
arthroplasty present opportunities for reducing cost and improving health equity. Despite …

Hospital readmissions reduction program: intended and unintended effects

M Chen, DC Grabowski - Medical Care Research and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines whether the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), which
penalizes hospitals with excess readmissions for certain conditions, has reduced hospital …

Readmissions performance and penalty experience of safety-net hospitals under Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

S Banerjee, MK Paasche-Orlow, D McCormick… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), established
by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in March 2010, introduced …

Disparities in 30-day readmissions after total hip arthroplasty

CIA Oronce, H Shao, L Shi - Medical care, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Policymakers have expanded readmissions penalties to include elective total
hip arthroplasties (THA), but little is known whether disparities exist on the basis of race …