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Chad Ellimoottil: 10 Facts About Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
Submitted by ASchreiber on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 13:16
- In 2015, almost 80% of hospitals received a penalty under HRRP.
- In 2015, ten percent of hospitals accounted for nearly 50 percent of the penalties.
- A readmission from three years ago may impact your hospital’s score today.
- While readmission measures may be “condition-specific”, readmissions from “all-causes” count against your hospital.
- Small hospitals may not be unfairly penalized for a few extra readmissions.
- Readmissions caused by patients who leave “against medical advice” do not count against the hospital.
- Over 50 different comorbidities are considered to make sure hospitals are compared on an equal playing field.
- About 21% readmissions in the state of Michigan occur at hospitals other than one where the patient was initially hospitalized.
- Approximately 85% of patients who are readmitted within 30-days come in through the emergency room.
- About 8% of readmissions are considered “planned”.
Source: The Michigan Value Collaborative, April 20, 2016
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