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Report, hospital leaders make case for revamping readmissions penalties

A new AHA TrendWatch report calls for refinements in Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) that achieve the goal of

Hospital leaders, report make case for changing readmissions penalties

At an AHA-sponsored briefing today on Capitol Hill, hospital leaders called for changes in Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.

Study: Hospital readmissions following hip or knee replacement down sharply

Unplanned hospital readmissions following elective hip and knee replacements fell 20% and 23%, respectively, between 2009 and 2013 among adults aged 50-84 enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans provi

Readmissions Facts

Readmissions are falling fast thanks to the hard work of America’s hospitals to improve care, provide better discharge instructions to patients and partner with patients and others in their communi

AHASTAT blog reviews hospital readmissions facts

In an AHASTAT blog post today, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack responds to a recent Wall Street Journal

CMS issues guide to preventing hospital readmissions among diverse Medicare patients

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of Minority Health today issued a

Study: Adjusting for social determinants of health changes readmissions penalty status

In a study published online this week in JAMA Pediatrics, adjusting for social determinants of heal

Study: No evidence that decline in readmissions linked to changes in observation stays

Hospitals with greater reductions in readmissions rates are no more likely to increase their observation-service use than other hospitals, according to a

Study: Socioeconomic, other risk factors explain racial disparity in asthma readmissions

African-American children were more than twice as likely as white children to be readmitted to an urban children’s hospital for asthma between August 2010 and October 2011, with socioeconomic and o

Hospital leaders urge Congress to support HOPD flexibility, changes to readmissions program

Hospital leaders today urged their federal legislators to support certain provisions critical to patients and hospitals before adjourning this legislative session.