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SUBMITTER: McHugh MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4315496 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McHugh Matthew D MD Berez Julie J Small Dylan S DS
Health affairs (Project Hope) 20131001 10
The Affordable Care Act's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) penalizes hospitals based on excess readmission rates among Medicare beneficiaries. The aim of the program is to reduce readmissions while aligning hospitals' financial incentives with payers' and patients' quality goals. Many evidence-based interventions that reduce readmissions, such as discharge preparation, care coordination, and patient education, are grounded in the fundamentals of basic nursing care. Yet inadequate s ...[more]