HealthLeaders Media November 8, 2019
A Harvard study offers an alternative explanation for declines in hospital readmissions.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
CMS’ Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program gets credit for declining readmissions.
However, Harvard researchers say the drop in readmissions is being driven by an overall decline in all hospital admissions.
The study calls into question the value of using readmissions as a quality metric with financial penalties.
There’s no arguing that 30-day readmissions for certain conditions targeted by a federal initiative to improve quality of care are on the decline.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program is getting a lot of credit for the decline. Since 2010, the program had dinged hospital Medicare reimbursement for a range of preventable readmissions for conditions...
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