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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/about.html
December 01, 2017 - (Video)
Strategy 1
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Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions … Reducing readmissions is a national priority for payers, providers, and policymakers seeking to improve … Readmissions are a significant issue among patients with Medicaid. … Healthcare Research and Quality commissioned this guide to identify ways evidence-based strategies to reduce readmissions … Research showed that the RED was effective at reducing readmissions and posthospital emergency department
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/care-transitions-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Hospital readmissions reduction program. … Readmissions, observation, and the hospital
readmissions reduction program. … The
HRRP has increased attention on readmissions and length of hospital stay. … of readmissions
if one risk factor was
included. … Thirty-day
readmissions were
fewer for participants
who received CTI.
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/neonatal-intensive-care-without-age.html
August 01, 2021 - Neonatal Intensive Care All-Condition Readmissions Without Gestational Age
Measure Domain: Management
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool-other.html
March 01, 2013 - Reduction in unnecessary health care encounters (e.g., 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions). … Expected rates of improvement
Measure
Expected Improvement
30-day readmissions
2 percentage … points
AMI, CHF, and pneumonia 30-day readmissions
2 percentage points for one of these measures … Tracking the proportion of readmissions to same versus other hospitals.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool-other.html
March 01, 2013 - Reduction in unnecessary health care encounters (e.g., 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions). … Expected rates of improvement
Measure
Expected Improvement
30-day readmissions
2 percentage … points
AMI, CHF, and pneumonia 30-day readmissions
2 percentage points for one of these measures … Tracking the proportion of readmissions to same versus other hospitals.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/analyses.html
November 01, 2022 - Readmissions Following Inpatient Treatment for Opioid-Related Conditions . … State variation in opioid treatment policies and opioid-related hospital readmissions .
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-care-transitions5.html
June 01, 2023 - early clinical foundation the importance of preparing for a high-quality and safe discharge to prevent readmissions … One prospective cohort study of unplanned 7-day and 30-day hospital readmissions found that diagnostic … error may have contributed to 10.6 percent of 7-day readmissions in this high-risk cohort. 91
One … retrospective cohort study of unplanned 7-day readmissions specifically used a two-physician diagnostic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool12_collaboration.docx
June 02, 2025 - Additional Resources
See Section 5 of the Hospital Guide to Reducing Readmissions for more information … and agencies across the continuum are part of an effective and robust portfolio of efforts to reduce readmissions … discharges there are per day/week, and describe your working understanding of what factors contribute to readmissions
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/index.html
February 01, 2025 - Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions provides evidence-based strategies to reduce readmissions … comprehensive set of interventions to improve the care transition process after discharge in order to reduce readmissions … that serve diverse populations, in improving their hospital discharge process and reducing avoidable readmissions
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201520.html
July 01, 2015 - preventable errors, employed the Agency’s Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) toolkit to reduce 30-day readmissions … In addition, Amery staff have used AHRQ’s RED toolkit to reduce hospital readmissions. … Patient Safety,
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs),
Quality of Care,
Hospital Readmissions
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool10_dc_checklist.docx
November 01, 2015 - Handout for an overview of CMS COP content and Section 4 of the Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions … Regularly review readmissions to identify root causes of readmissions, and use those insights to continually
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/miller-birkmeyer-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - We sorted the total payment data into four discrete components: index hospitalization,
readmissions, … For modeling purposes, we
specified operative mortality, complications, and readmissions as binary ( … a) Operative Mortality
b) Postoperative complications
c) Readmissions
For each panel, the y-axis … Technical quality, as measured by operative mortality,
postoperative complications, and readmissions … In contrast to patients with chronic medical conditions,
moreover, readmissions following inpatient
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www.ahrq.gov/data/resources/index.html?page=4
Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD)
The Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) is a unique and … addresses a large gap in health care data - the lack of nationally representative information on hospital readmissions
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/unruh-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - CMS
30-day
readmis-
sions
Heart failure
readmission
Risk-adjusted number of readmissions in heart … CMS
Pneumonia
readmission
Risk-adjusted number of pneumonia readmissions/ number of
patients with … for heart failure and pneumonia are the risk-adjusted deaths or
readmissions in the hospital in the … Gaps were lowest for heart failure and pneumonia readmissions. … The reversed sign between gaps in mortality and readmissions for a number of predictors (payer
mix,
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/neonatal-intensive-care.html
August 01, 2021 - Neonatal Intensive Care All-Condition Readmissions With Gestational Age Reported
Measure Domain
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www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/index.html
February 01, 2025 - Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) The Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) is a unique and powerful … addresses a large gap in health care data—the lack of nationally representative information on hospital readmissions
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/news-events/psaw-2020/index.html
December 01, 2023 - Potentially Preventable Readmissions: Conceptual Framework To Rethink the Role of Primary Care: Final … Blog: Rethinking the Role of Primary Care in Reducing Hospital Readmissions .
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/training-grants/rachel-hogg-graham-application.pdf
May 19, 2021 - social
determinants of health have on improved health care quality and reduced hospitalizations and readmissions … strategy to
combat the increasing economic and financial burden of preventable hospitalizations and readmissions … to
target the social, behavioral, and environmental factors that contribute to hospitalizations and readmissions … social determinants of health have on improved health care
quality and reduced hospitalizations and readmissions … SID data on admission and readmissions will be used as the
primary dependent variables in Aim 2.
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool6.html
March 01, 2025 - CMS currently reduces payments to hospitals with excess readmissions for three conditions: acute myocardial … The report Health Care Leader Action Guide To Reduce Avoidable Readmissions 1 suggests that hospitals … could examine readmissions data in the following ways: Rates for different conditions: To the extent … Rates at different times: Examine readmissions within a given time period, such as 7, 30, 60, and 90 … Rates by insurance: Examine readmissions by insurer type to ensure the appropriate use of benefits and
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool6.html
March 01, 2025 - CMS currently reduces payments to hospitals with excess readmissions for three conditions: acute myocardial … The report Health Care Leader Action Guide To Reduce Avoidable Readmissions 1 suggests that hospitals … could examine readmissions data in the following ways: Rates for different conditions: To the extent … Rates at different times: Examine readmissions within a given time period, such as 7, 30, 60, and 90 … Rates by insurance: Examine readmissions by insurer type to ensure the appropriate use of benefits and