Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Implementation With Readmission and Mortality Outcomes in Heart Failure

In this observational study of 115  245 fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure at 416 sites across the United States, implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program was associated with a subsequent decrease in 30-day and 1-year risk-adjusted readmissions and an increase in 30-day and 1 -year risk-adjusted mortality.
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