Open AccessTrends in the Use of Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Care Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
Author(s) -
Ioana Popescu,
Neeraj Sood,
Sushant Joshi,
Peter J. Huckfeldt,
José J. Escarce,
Teryl K. Nuckols
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.0000000000001184
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , emergency medicine , home health , myocardial infarction , health care , medicaid , skilled nursing facility , hospital readmission , interrupted time series , acute care , nursing homes , nursing , psychological intervention , economics , economic growth
Medicare's Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) penalizes hospitals with elevated 30-day readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF), or pneumonia. To reduce readmissions, hospitals may have increased referrals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home health care.