Add to ORKGThe Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been a leading advocate of evidence-based medicine. Recently, CMS has begun adjusting payments to hospitals based on hospital readmission rates and “value-based performance” (VBP). Examination of the association of Medicare bonuses and penalties with mortality rates revealed that the hospitals with better mortality rates for heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia had significantly greater penalties for readmission rates (p<0.0001, all comparisons). A number of specific complications listed in the CMS database were also examined for their correlations with mortality, readmission rates and Medicare bonuses and penalties. These results were inconsistent and suggest that CMS continues ...
The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicai...
To analyze whether mortality trends diverge over the years between hospitals facing different levels...
BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly reports risk-standardizedmortality...
Objective: To determine whether the exclusion of patients who die from adjusted 30-day readmission r...
Abstract Background Readmission penalties are central to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servi...
BACKGROUND: Lowering hospital readmission rates has become a primary target for the Centers for Medi...
Hospital readmissions are under scrutiny in the context of health care delivery and payment reform. ...
Background: Little is known regarding the relationship between hospital performance on adverse event...
BACKGROUND: Lowering hospital readmission rates has become a primary target for the Centers for Medi...
Importance: Hospitals that serve poorer populations have higher readmission rates. It is unknown whe...
Since the implementation of Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), safety-net ho...
Hospital readmissions have come under scrutiny in recent years due to the Patient Protection and Aff...
Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown rapidly since the Affordable Care Act; nearly one-third of Medicar...
Background—Patient outcomes provide a critical perspective on quality of care. The Centers for Medic...
Objective: In 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released new summary star r...
The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicai...
To analyze whether mortality trends diverge over the years between hospitals facing different levels...
BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly reports risk-standardizedmortality...
Objective: To determine whether the exclusion of patients who die from adjusted 30-day readmission r...
Abstract Background Readmission penalties are central to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servi...
BACKGROUND: Lowering hospital readmission rates has become a primary target for the Centers for Medi...
Hospital readmissions are under scrutiny in the context of health care delivery and payment reform. ...
Background: Little is known regarding the relationship between hospital performance on adverse event...
BACKGROUND: Lowering hospital readmission rates has become a primary target for the Centers for Medi...
Importance: Hospitals that serve poorer populations have higher readmission rates. It is unknown whe...
Since the implementation of Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), safety-net ho...
Hospital readmissions have come under scrutiny in recent years due to the Patient Protection and Aff...
Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown rapidly since the Affordable Care Act; nearly one-third of Medicar...
Background—Patient outcomes provide a critical perspective on quality of care. The Centers for Medic...
Objective: In 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released new summary star r...
The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicai...
To analyze whether mortality trends diverge over the years between hospitals facing different levels...
BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly reports risk-standardizedmortality...