Where readmission penalties hit hardest: 8 findings

CMS will cut Medicare payments to 2,334 hospitals in fiscal 2027 for having more readmissions than expected, according to federal data released Oct. 7. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program scores hospitals on six conditions and procedures: heart attack, COPD, heart failure, pneumonia, coronary artery bypass graft surgery and elective hip or knee replacement.  The penalties, […] The post Where readmission penalties hit hardest: 8 findings appeared first on Becker's Hospital...