November 1, 2021

CMS penalizes nearly half of all hospitals for high readmission rates

By: Judy Mathias

Tags: CMS, COVID-19, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Patient Safety, Patient Safety, Reimbursement, Safety

Editor's Note

In FY 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will penalize 2,499 (47%) hospitals for excessive patient readmissions, the October 28 Kaiser Health News reports.

In its 10^th year of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, CMS will cut payments to the penalized hospitals by as much as 3% for each Medicare patient stay. The average penalty is a 0.64% payment cut.

The penalties will save CMS an estimated $521 million over the next fiscal year.

CMS penalizes nearly half of all hospitals for high readmission rates

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