Hospital Readmission Rates in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare: A Retrospective Population-Based Analysis.

Conclusion: The HEDIS data underreported hospital admissions for 3 common medical conditions, and readmission rates were higher among patients with underreported admissions. Medicare Advantage beneficiaries had higher risk-adjusted 30-day readmission rates than traditional Medicare beneficiaries.
Primary Funding Source: National Institute on Aging.
PMID: 31234205 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - June 24, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Panagiotou OA, Kumar A, Gutman R, Keohane LM, Rivera-Hernandez M, Rahman M, Gozalo PL, Mor V, Trivedi AN Tags: Ann Intern Med Source Type: research