Readmissions performance and penalty experience of safety-net hospitals under Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

Background: The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in March 2010, introduced payment-reduction penalties on acute care hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart f...

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Main Authors: Banerjee, S. (Author), Hanchate, A.D (Author), Lin, M.-Y (Author), McCormick, D. (Author), Paasche-Orlow, M.K (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2022
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