MediCaring Blog: Protecting Hospitals That Improve Population Health Resource Library January 28, 2015September 12, 20180 Republished with permission from: http://medicaring.org/2015/01/26/evaluation-flaws/ by Stephen F. Jencks, M.D., M.P.H. [Also see companion post by Joanne Lynn, M.D.] Issue. The Medicare Readmission Reduction Program (MRRP) encourages hospitals to reduce readmissions within 30 days of discharge by imposing substantial financial penalties on hospitals with more readmissions than would be expected if the same patients
MediCaring Blog: CMS CCTP Metrics Have Serious Flaws Methods News January 28, 2015March 2, 20201 by Joanne Lynn (Republished with permission) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has quietly put out two evaluations of the readmissions work-- and both documents are remarkable for their failure to evaluate the programs fairly or to provide insights as to what works in what circumstances. The Community-Based Care Transitions