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Association Between Hospital Penalty Status Under the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program and Readmission Rates for Target and Nontarget Conditions by Desai, Nihar R, Ross, Joseph S, Kwon, Ji Young, Herrin, Jeph, Dharmarajan, Kumar, Bernheim, Susannah M, Krumholz, Harlan M, Horwitz, Leora I

“…IMPORTANCE: Readmission rates declined after announcement of the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP), which penalizes hospitals for excess…”
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Diagnoses and Timing of 30-Day Readmissions After Hospitalization for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Pneumonia by Dharmarajan, Kumar, Hsieh, Angela F, Lin, Zhenqiu, Bueno, Héctor, Ross, Joseph S, Horwitz, Leora I, Barreto-Filho, José Augusto, Kim, Nancy, Bernheim, Susannah M, Suter, Lisa G, Drye, Elizabeth E, Krumholz, Harlan M

“…IMPORTANCE To better guide strategies intended to reduce high rates of 30-day readmission after hospitalization for heart failure (HF), acute myocardial…”
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Community factors and hospital wide readmission rates: Does context matter? by Spatz, Erica S, Bernheim, Susannah M, Horwitz, Leora I, Herrin, Jeph

“…The environment in which a patient lives influences their health outcomes. However, the degree to which community factors are associated with readmissions is…”
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Readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia among young and middle-aged adults: a retrospective observational cohort study by Ranasinghe, Isuru, Wang, Yongfei, Dharmarajan, Kumar, Hsieh, Angela F, Bernheim, Susannah M, Krumholz, Harlan M

“…Patients aged ≥ 65 years are vulnerable to readmissions due to a transient period of generalized risk after hospitalization. However, whether young and…”
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National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia: Update on Publicly Reported Outcomes Measures Based on the 2013 Release by Suter, Lisa G., Li, Shu-Xia, Grady, Jacqueline N., Lin, Zhenqiu, Wang, Yongfei, Bhat, Kanchana R., Turkmani, Dima, Spivack, Steven B., Lindenauer, Peter K., Merrill, Angela R., Drye, Elizabeth E., Krumholz, Harlan M., Bernheim, Susannah M.

“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly reports risk-standardized mortality rates (RSMRs) within 30-days of admission and, in…”
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Impact of left ventricular assist devices and heart transplants on acute myocardial infarction and heart failure mortality and readmission measures by Brandt, Eric J, Ross, Joseph S, Grady, Jacqueline N, Ahmad, Tariq, Pawar, Sumeet, Bernheim, Susannah M, Desai, Nihar R

“…Concern has been raised about consequences of including patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD) or heart transplantation in readmission and…”
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Identifying high-value care for Medicare beneficiaries: a cross-sectional study of acute care hospitals in the USA by Herrin, Jeph, Yu, Huihui, Venkatesh, Arjun K, Desai, Sunita M, Thiel, Cassandra L, Lin, Zhenqiu, Bernheim, Susannah M, Horwitz, Leora I

“…ObjectivesHigh-value care is providing high quality care at low cost; we sought to define hospital value and identify the characteristics of hospitals which…”
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Trends in readmission rates for safety net hospitals and non-safety net hospitals in the era of the US Hospital Readmission Reduction Program: a retrospective time series analysis using Medicare administrative claims data from 2008 to 2015 by Salerno, Amy M, Horwitz, Leora I, Kwon, Ji Young, Herrin, Jeph, Grady, Jacqueline N, Lin, Zhenqiu, Ross, Joseph S, Bernheim, Susannah M

“…ObjectiveTo compare trends in readmission rates among safety net and non-safety net hospitals under the US Hospital Readmission Reduction Program…”
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US cardiologist workforce from 1995 to 2007: modest growth, lasting geographic maldistribution especially in rural areas by Aneja, Sanjay, Ross, Joseph S, Wang, Yongfei, Matsumoto, Masatoshi, Rodgers, George P, Bernheim, Susannah M, Rathore, Saif S, Krumholz, Harlan M

“…A sufficient cardiology workforce is necessary to ensure access to cardiovascular care. Specifically, access to cardiologists is important in the management…”
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Timely estimation of National Admission, readmission, and observation-stay rates in medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia using near real-time claims data by Li, Shu-Xia, Wang, Yongfei, Lama, Sonam D, Schwartz, Jennifer, Herrin, Jeph, Mei, Hao, Lin, Zhenqiu, Bernheim, Susannah M, Spivack, Steven, Krumholz, Harlan M, Suter, Lisa G

“…To estimate, prior to finalization of claims, the national monthly numbers of admissions and rates of 30-day readmissions and post-discharge observation-stays…”
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Skilled Nursing Facility Referral and Hospital Readmission Rates after Heart Failure or Myocardial Infarction by Chen, Jersey, MD, MPH, Ross, Joseph S., MD, MHS, Carlson, Melissa D.A., PhD, Lin, Zhenqiu, PhD, Normand, Sharon-Lise T., PhD, Bernheim, Susannah M., MD, MHS, Drye, Elizabeth E., MD, SM, Ling, Shari M., MD, Han, Lein F., PhD, Rapp, Michael T., MD, JD, Krumholz, Harlan M., MD, SM

“…Abstract Background Substantial hospital-level variation in the risk of readmission after hospitalization for heart failure (HF) or acute myocardial infarction…”
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Socioeconomic disparities in outcomes after acute myocardial infarction by Bernheim, Susannah M., MD, MHS, Spertus, John A., MD, MPH, Reid, Kimberly J., MS, Bradley, Elizabeth H., PhD, Desai, Rani A., PhD, MPH, Peterson, Eric D., MD, MPH, Rathore, Saif S., MPH, Normand, Sharon-Lise T., PhD, Jones, Philip G., MS, Rahimi, Ali, MD, MPH, Krumholz, Harlan M., MD, SM

“…Background Patients of low socioeconomic status (SES) have higher mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Little is known about the underlying…”
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Post-discharge acute care and outcomes following readmission reduction initiatives: national retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States by Khera, Rohan, Wang, Yongfei, Bernheim, Susannah M, Lin, Zhenqiu, Krumholz, Harlan M

“…AbstractObjectivesTo determine whether patients discharged after hospital admissions for conditions covered by national readmission programs who received care…”
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Measuring Equity in Readmission as an Assessment of Hospital Performance—Reply by Weerahandi, Himali, Nash, Katherine A, Bernheim, Susannah M

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Association of Changing Hospital Readmission Rates With Mortality Rates After Hospital Discharge by Dharmarajan, Kumar, Wang, Yongfei, Lin, Zhenqiu, Normand, Sharon-Lise T, Ross, Joseph S, Horwitz, Leora I, Desai, Nihar R, Suter, Lisa G, Drye, Elizabeth E, Bernheim, Susannah M, Krumholz, Harlan M

“…IMPORTANCE: The Affordable Care Act has led to US national reductions in hospital 30-day readmission rates for heart failure (HF), acute myocardial infarction…”
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Considering the role of socioeconomic status in hospital outcomes measures by Krumholz, Harlan M, Bernheim, Susannah M

“…Despite the measures' success in revealing opportunities for improvement and in stimulating positive change, concerns about the lack of consideration of…”
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Relationship Between Hospital Readmission and Mortality Rates for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Pneumonia by Krumholz, Harlan M, Lin, Zhenqiu, Keenan, Patricia S, Chen, Jersey, Ross, Joseph S, Drye, Elizabeth E, Bernheim, Susannah M, Wang, Yun, Bradley, Elizabeth H, Han, Lein F, Normand, Sharon-Lise T

“…IMPORTANCE The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly reports hospital 30-day, all-cause, risk-standardized mortality rates (RSMRs) and 30-day,…”
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Hospital-Readmission Risk — Isolating Hospital Effects from Patient Effects by Krumholz, Harlan M, Wang, Kun, Lin, Zhenqiu, Dharmarajan, Kumar, Horwitz, Leora I, Ross, Joseph S, Drye, Elizabeth E, Bernheim, Susannah M, Normand, Sharon-Lise T

“…The validity of risk-standardized readmission rates as a quality measure may be limited by inadequate adjustment for patient characteristics. Among patients…”
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Promoting Health Equity And Eliminating Disparities Through Performance Measurement And Payment by Anderson, Andrew C, O'Rourke, Erin, Chin, Marshall H, Ponce, Ninez A, Bernheim, Susannah M, Burstin, Helen

“…Current approaches to health care quality have failed to reduce health care disparities. Despite dramatic increases in the use of quality measurement and…”
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Association of Admission to Veterans Affairs Hospitals vs Non–Veterans Affairs Hospitals With Mortality and Readmission Rates Among Older Men Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Pneumonia by Nuti, Sudhakar V, Qin, Li, Rumsfeld, John S, Ross, Joseph S, Masoudi, Frederick A, Normand, Sharon-Lise T, Murugiah, Karthik, Bernheim, Susannah M, Suter, Lisa G, Krumholz, Harlan M

“…IMPORTANCE: Little contemporary information is available about comparative performance between Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA hospitals, particularly related…”
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