Open AccessReimbursement Penalties and 30-Day Readmissions Following Total Joint Arthroplasty
Author(s) -
Christopher S. Hollenbeak,
Maureen Spencer,
Amber Schilling,
David L. Kirschman,
Kathy L Warye,
Javad Parvızı
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jb and js open access
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2472-7245
DOI - 10.2106/jbjs.oa.19.00072
Subject(s) - reimbursement , medicine , logistic regression , receipt , emergency medicine , odds ratio , odds , medicaid , revenue , acute care , hospital readmission , health care , medical emergency , finance , business , accounting , economics , economic growth
The U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act created the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) and the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP). Under these programs, hospitals face reimbursement reductions for having high rates of readmission and hospital-acquired conditions. This study investigated whether readmission following total joint arthroplasty (TJA) under the HRRP was associated with reimbursement penalties under the HACRP.