Why the study?
Do safety-net hospitals incur larger financial penalties than other hospitals under Medicare's value-based purchasing and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program?
Population
3022 acute care hospitals participating in Medicare's value-based purchasing and the Hospital Readmissions…
Comparison
Safety-net hospital status (defined as being in… vs Other hospitals not meeting the safety-net…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May warrant policy adjustments to ease burdens on safety-net hospitals; cross-sectional data leave open whether reforms would reduce disparities.
Do safety-net hospitals incur larger financial penalties than other hospitals under Medicare's value-based purchasing and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program?
Safety-net hospitals were disproportionately penalized under Medicare's value-based purchasing and Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in 2014, although most incurred relatively small payment penalties.
Gilman et al. (2015) studied this question.
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