RevCycle Intelligence November 14, 2019
A new analysis links a drop in hospital readmission rates from 2009 to 2014 to a decline in hospital admissions, not CMS’ value-based purchasing program.
A value-based purchasing program run by CMS has been credited with the drop in 30-day hospital readmission rates through 2014. But a new analysis led by researchers at Harvard Medical School offers an alternative explanation for the decline.
Published in the November issue of Health Affairs, the analysis suggests that an overall drop in hospital admissions – which fell by 12.1 percent from 2009 to 2014 according to the study – may be behind the observed reduction in hospital readmissions.
“The decline in readmission rates looked like the silver lining of pay-for-performance, but it seems...
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