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CMS: 4 Facts About Declining Readmissions Rates for Medicare Beneficiaries
Submitted By Charlene Ice, Created 01/03/2014 - 18:05
- Between 2007 and 2011, the all-cause 30-day hospital readmission rate among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries held constant at around 19%
- The Medicare all-cause 30-day readmission rate fell to 18.5% in 2012
- Between Jan.1st and Aug. 31st, 2013, the Medicare all-cause readmission rate was less than 18%
- Utah, the only state in which Medicare readmissions rates did not decline, already had one of the lowest readmissions rates in the country
Source: The CMS Blog, December 6, 2013
Source URL: http://blog.cms.gov/2013/12/06/new-data-shows-affordable-car...