Posters presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Illinois, found that the neighborhood income and socioeconomic status had an effect on heart failure and ...

According to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), hospital readmission rates have fallen following implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), and HRRP did not ...

At least on the surface, readmissions after acute MI have declined under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). But dig a little deeper and significant racial disparities in both ...

Since its implementation in 2010, evidence shows the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program cut reduced hospital readmissions for certain conditions, as was the program's intent. A new Health Affairs ...

Many observers are calling for modification of Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) to relieve an unfair burden on safety-net hospitals, which serve low-income populations and ...

Implementation of the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP), which was created by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, was associated with a decrease in 30-day readmissions in ...

A Medicare program that penalizes hospitals for high readmission rates was associated with a narrowing of readmission disparities between black and white patients and between minority-serving ...