Tag Archives: MS-DRG

Medicare to Tie Nursing Home Payments to Hospital Readmission Rates

Will trying to curb the "boomerang effect" place more patients at risk?

Beginning this October, Medicare will begin penalizing nursing homes with higher than average hospital readmission rates, according to a June 19 report in MedPage Today. In an ongoing effort to curb preventable hospital readmissions, the agency will reward nursing homes … Continue reading

Posted in Something Special | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment