Value-Based Reforms Linked to Readmission Reductions

Association Between Hospitals’ Engagement in Value-Based Reforms and Readmission Reduction in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Sources: Value-Based Reforms Linked to Readmission Reductions – Medscape (free registration required) AND Richard Lehman’s weekly review(free – see below)

A program of incentives (Medicare Hospital Readmission Reduction Program in the US) was effective in reducing 30 day readmissions following infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia.