Critics of CMS’ Hospital Readmission Reduction Program are often quick to point out its flaws. However, the healthcare industry should work together to refine this program, rather than just “throw the ...

hospital wristband Racial disparities may be widening within safety-net hospitals for non-HRRP-targeted conditions. After Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) began enforcing ...

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - CVS Health's Aetna insurance arm will expand a nascent program pairing members in its privately run Medicare plans with nurses - an effort the company says will reduce ...

Medicare’s Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program is the largest pay-for-performance initiative ever implemented to improve care in SNFs. The program ties SNF performance in ...

For more than a decade, hospitals have worked to help older adults avoid repeated inpatient stays, incentivized by a federal program that cuts Medicare reimbursements if hospitals have ...

ANAHEIM, CA — Controversial new research suggests the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) may have slowed the revolving door for Medicare ...

Virtual patient monitoring in telehealth has become a transformative tool for improving both patient care and provider workflows. By enabling continuous, real-time tracking of a patient's vital signs ...

Long Island hospitals have made strides in preventing hospital-acquired infections and curbing readmissions of recently discharged patients, but their performance is still costing them millions in ...

Rewards tied to improved hospital readmission rates were so small and so variable from year to year that they likely contributed to a “lack of effectiveness” for a key nursing home financial incentive ...

A new study published in JAMA Health Forum found that bundled payment programs for outpatient spine surgery significantly reduced healthcare costs and lowered readmission rates among Medicare ...