Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in March 2010 created the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), which introduced the prospect of financially penalizing hospitals based on their previous performance. This program represents one of several efforts to encourage provider organizations to enhance safety and value. Medicare has reported lower readmission rates since passage of the law, but whether the lowest-performing hospitals might experience less rapid improvement…
Readmission Rates After Passage of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: A Pre–Post Analysis, Wasfy et al.
