Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
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The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program is a U.S. Medicare value-based purchasing initiative that financially penalizes hospitals with excess patient readmissions in order to improve care quality and reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5166982 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Context triple: [Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, overseesProgram, Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program]
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A.
Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program
The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program is a U.S. Medicare quality initiative that financially penalizes hospitals with high rates of preventable patient harms, such as infections and complications, to incentivize improved patient safety.
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B.
Inpatient Quality Reporting Program
The Inpatient Quality Reporting Program is a U.S. hospital reporting initiative that tracks and publicly reports performance on standardized quality measures to improve inpatient care and inform consumers.
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C.
Center for Program Integrity
The Center for Program Integrity is a division within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services responsible for preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in federal health care programs and ensuring proper payment and program compliance.
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D.
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is a federal agency within CMS that tests and implements new payment and service delivery models to improve quality and reduce costs in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP.
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E.
Outpatient Quality Reporting Program
The Outpatient Quality Reporting Program is a U.S. Medicare initiative that collects and publicly reports performance data from hospital outpatient departments to promote transparency, improve care quality, and inform patient choice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Target entity description: The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program is a U.S. Medicare value-based purchasing initiative that financially penalizes hospitals with excess patient readmissions in order to improve care quality and reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
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A.
Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program
The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program is a U.S. Medicare quality initiative that financially penalizes hospitals with high rates of preventable patient harms, such as infections and complications, to incentivize improved patient safety.
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B.
Inpatient Quality Reporting Program
The Inpatient Quality Reporting Program is a U.S. hospital reporting initiative that tracks and publicly reports performance on standardized quality measures to improve inpatient care and inform consumers.
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C.
Center for Program Integrity
The Center for Program Integrity is a division within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services responsible for preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in federal health care programs and ensuring proper payment and program compliance.
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D.
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is a federal agency within CMS that tests and implements new payment and service delivery models to improve quality and reduce costs in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP.
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E.
Outpatient Quality Reporting Program
The Outpatient Quality Reporting Program is a U.S. Medicare initiative that collects and publicly reports performance data from hospital outpatient departments to promote transparency, improve care quality, and inform patient choice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Medicare value-based purchasing program
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U.S. federal health care program ⓘ |
| adjustsFor |
comorbidities
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patient clinical risk factors ⓘ patient demographics ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries
ⓘ
acute care hospitals ⓘ |
| beneficiaryPopulation |
older adults
ⓘ
people with disabilities covered by Medicare ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dataSource | Medicare claims data ⓘ |
| doesNotAdjustFor | socioeconomic status in original design ⓘ |
| excludes |
cancer hospitals
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children's hospitals ⓘ critical access hospitals ⓘ long-term care hospitals ⓘ psychiatric hospitals ⓘ rehabilitation hospitals ⓘ |
| financialMechanism | Medicare payment reduction ⓘ |
| implementedInFiscalYear | FY2013 ⓘ |
| laterIncorporated | peer grouping by proportion of dual-eligible patients ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
NERFINISHED
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Section 3025 of the Affordable Care Act ⓘ |
| payer | Medicare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| penalizes | hospitals with excess readmissions ⓘ |
| penaltyCap | 3 percent of base operating DRG payments ⓘ |
| policyType |
pay-for-performance
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penalty-based incentive program ⓘ |
| purpose |
improve quality of hospital care
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reduce Medicare spending on preventable readmissions ⓘ reduce avoidable hospitalizations ⓘ reduce excess hospital readmissions ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program
NERFINISHED
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Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | Inpatient Prospective Payment System hospitals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | health care quality improvement ⓘ |
| startDate | 2012-10-01 ⓘ |
| targetsCondition |
acute myocardial infarction
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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ⓘ coronary artery bypass graft surgery ⓘ elective primary total hip arthroplasty ⓘ elective primary total knee arthroplasty ⓘ heart failure ⓘ pneumonia ⓘ |
| usesMetric |
30-day hospital readmission rate
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excess readmission ratio ⓘ hospital-wide readmission measure ⓘ risk-standardized readmission rate ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Description of subject: The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program is a U.S. Medicare value-based purchasing initiative that financially penalizes hospitals with excess patient readmissions in order to improve care quality and reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality
→
overseesProgram
→
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
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