Association between Medicare's Hospital Readmission Reduction Program and readmission rates across hospitals by medicare bed share.

Souvik BanerjeeMichael K Paasche-OrlowDanny McCormickMeng-Yun LinAmresh D Hanchate

Published in: BMC health services research (2021)

HRRP penalties were not associated with any change in readmissions rate. The CMS should consider alternative options - including working collaboratively with hospitals - to reduce readmissions.

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