Patient Coded Severity and Payment Penalties Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: A Machine Learning Approach.

Journal: Medical care
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine variation in hospital responses to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid's expansion of allowable secondary diagnoses in January 2011 and its association with financial penalties under the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP).

Authors

  • Jun Li
    Department of Emergency, Zhuhai Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Zhuhai, 519020, Guangdong Province, China. quanshabai43@163.com.
  • Devraj Sukul
    Division of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan.
  • Ushapoorna Nuliyalu
    Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.
  • Andrew M Ryan
    Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, Ann Arbor, MI.