Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) lessened penalties for the Hospital Readmissions Reductions Program (HRRP), a Medicare program that evaluates how often patients return to a hospital within 30 days and reduces payments for hospitals with higher readmission rates. But while many hospitals...News
None of the larger Arizona hospital systems were spared from the latest payment adjustments to hospitals under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). Nationally, more than 2,500 hospitals will face penalties for fiscal year (FY) 2021.
Under the program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services withholds up to...CMS Rules
On September 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for acute care and long-term care hospitals that increases Medicare spending on acute care inpatient hospital services by about $3.5 billion and ties Medicare FFS inpatient hospital pay to MA negotiated rates in FY 2024.
Long-term care...White Papers, E books, Reports and more
A study recently published by JAMA Surgery set out to evaluate the health outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries who have undergone emergency general surgery (EGS). The study’s central question was: How does this population fare compared to those with acute medical conditions, like pneumonia, heart failure, and acute myocardial...