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Shannon Barnet: 3 drawbacks of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
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- When determining penalties, readmissions that are unrelated to the initial hospitalization are included under the program
- The time periods used to calculate excess readmissions are dated
- Key sociodemographic factors that are outside of the hospital's control are not included in the program's risk adjustment.
Source: Becker's Infection Control and Clinical Quality, October 14, 2015
Source URL: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/3-drawbacks-of-...