Study Appears in April 2018 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
A new study in the April 2018 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety analyzes the effect of hospital peer groups in adjusting for socioeconomic status (SES) or “social risk” in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). CMS plans to adopt hospital peer groups for its Fiscal Year 2019 rate adjustments. ... |