Pay for performance for hospitals

T Mathes, D Pieper, J Morche, S Polus… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Pay‐for‐Performance (P4P) is a payment model that rewards health care
providers for meeting pre‐defined targets for quality indicators or efficacy parameters to …

Decreases in readmissions credited to Medicare's program to reduce hospital readmissions have been overstated

C Ody, L Msall, LS Dafny, DC Grabowski… - Health Affairs, 2019 - healthaffairs.org
Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has been credited with
lowering risk-adjusted readmission rates for targeted conditions at general acute care …

The affordable care act at 10 years: evaluating the evidence and navigating an uncertain future

PU Neiman, TC Tsai, RW Bergmark, A Ibrahim… - Journal of Surgical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The year 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Perhaps the greatest overhaul of the US health care system in the past 50 y, the ACA sought …

Association of historic housing policy, modern day neighborhood deprivation and outcomes after inpatient hospitalization

A Diaz, R O'Reggio, M Norman, JR Thumma… - Annals of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To evaluate the association of historical racist housing policies and modern-day
healthcare outcomes. Summary of Background Data: In 1933 the United States Government …

Trends in pediatric hospitalizations and readmissions: 2010–2016

EM Bucholz, SL Toomey, MA Schuster - Pediatrics, 2019 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Health reform and policy initiatives over the last 2 decades have led to
significant changes in pediatric clinical practice. However, little is known about recent trends …

Changes to racial disparities in readmission rates after Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program within safety-net and non–safety-net hospitals

KH Chaiyachati, M Qi, RM Werner - JAMA network open, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although readmission rates are declining under Medicare's Hospital
Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), concerns remain that the HRRP will harm …

Impact of the Medicare hospital readmissions reduction program on vulnerable populations

Y Gai, D Pachamanova - BMC health services research, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) was
established by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in an effort to …

Readmissions reduction program: mortality and readmissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

DA Puebla Neira, ES Hsu, YF Kuo… - American Journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP)
following discharge of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has led …

Hospital readmission after perioperative acute myocardial infarction associated with noncardiac surgery

NR Smilowitz, JA Beckman, SE Sherman, JS Berger - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a major cardiovascular complication of
noncardiac surgery. We aimed to evaluate the frequency, causes, and outcomes of 30-day …

Trends in postacute care use and outcomes after hip and knee replacements in dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, 2013-2016

Y Li, M Ying, X Cai, Y Kim… - JAMA network open, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Several Medicare alternative payment models were implemented in recent
years, but their implications for socioeconomic gaps in postacute care (PAC) are unknown …