Addressing Medicare Hospital Readmissions.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health facilities.

Hospitals.

Medical laws and legislation.

Medicare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (57 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses factors that may influence hospital readmissions, Medicare readmission measures, existing payment incentives for fee-for-service reimbursement, and existing hospital conditions of participation. Addresses Medicare efforts to provide technical and financial assistance to hospital efforts to improve discharge procedures and manage patient care transitions. Examines Medicare upcoming payment initiatives to address hospital readmissions, specifically the hospital readmission reduction program and bundled payment demonstrations currently proposed by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Addressing Medicare Hospital Readmissions

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