High payment cuts from the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program will affect large hospitals, teaching hospitals and safety-net hospitals more than their counterparts, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers studied the likelihood of different types of hospitals to receive Medicare payment cuts for having higher-than-predicted readmission rates under CMS' Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
Click here to read the full story on hospital characteristics associated with readmission penalties in Becker's Hospital Review.
Researchers studied the likelihood of different types of hospitals to receive Medicare payment cuts for having higher-than-predicted readmission rates under CMS' Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
Click here to read the full story on hospital characteristics associated with readmission penalties in Becker's Hospital Review.
