Datasets / Acute IPPS - Readmissions Reduction Program

Acute IPPS - Readmissions Reduction Program

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Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Issued almost 10 years ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a set of related datasets

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

Section 3025 of the Affordable Care Act added section 1886(q) to the Social Security Act establishing the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which requires CMS to reduce payments to IPPS hospitals with excess readmissions, effective for discharges beginning on October 1, 2012.

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