Sentences with phrase «readmission penalties»

In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is looking at expanding readmission penalties to include other diagnoses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and knee and hip replacements.

And the penalties worked — more than half of U.S. hospitals reduced their early readmission penalty in less than a year.

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The decline in readmissions represents cost savings of $ 262,500 in penalties — Johns Hopkins doesn't receive Medicare reimbursements for patient readmissions.

In the U.S., one in five Medicare patients is readmitted to a hospital each year at an estimated cost of $ 17.5 billion annually.i To reduce this impact, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has introduced hospital penalties based on readmissions conditions that commonly affect patients aged 65 and older — including acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and pneumonia.i

Checking back into the hospital within 30 days of discharge is not only bad news for patients, but also for hospitals, which now face financial penalties for high readmissions.

Financial penalties for readmission have been expanded beyond medical conditions to include surgical procedures.

«If nothing is done to try and curb CDI rates, healthcare systems may stand to face financial penalties because of high rates of hospital - acquired CDI and CDI - related readmissions for CMS - reportable conditions,» said Dr. Chopra.

Hospitals nationwide are seeking to improve physicians» communication with patients, especially as they face financial penalties for readmissions.