Adjusting for social risk factors impacts performance and penalties in the hospital readmissions reduction program.
Karen E Joynt MaddoxMat ReidheadJianhui HuAmy J H KindAlan M ZaslavskyElna M NagasakoDavid R NerenzPublished in: Health services research (2020)
Accounting for social risk can have a major financial impact on safety-net hospitals. Adjustment for these factors could reduce negative unintended consequences of the HRRP.