Open AccessChanges in Hospital Referral Patterns to Skilled Nursing Facilities Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
Author(s) -
K Lucy Kim,
Li Li,
Meng Kuang,
Leora I. Horwitz,
Sunita Desai
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001169
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , emergency medicine , hospital readmission , skilled nursing facility , reimbursement , health care , family medicine , economics , economic growth
The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) penalizes hospitals for higher-than-expected readmission rates. Almost 20% of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients receive postacute care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) after hospitalization. SNF patients have high readmission rates.