How Have Hospitals in the Mississippi Delta Fared Under the 2019 Revised Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program?

In 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (2013 HRRP), which financially penalized hospitals if their 30-day readmissions were higher than the national average. Without adjusting for socioeconomic status of patients, the 201...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hsueh-Fen Chen PhD, Robert F. Schuldt MA, Clare Brown PhD, John Mick Tilford PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-11-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958020972309