CMS: Readmission Rates Drop Across the U.S.
September 20, 2016
News & Insights
New CMS data revealed that efforts associated with the Affordable Care Act and Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program that 49 states and the District of Columbia have seen a drop in readmission rates.
Since 2010, all but one state plus the District of Columbia saw a reduction in Medicare 30-day readmissions. Readmission rates have declined by more than 10% in 11 states and by more than 5% in 43 states. Nationally, from 2010 to 2015 Medicare readmission rates have decreased by 8%, according to the CMS blog.
CMS revealed that approximately 100,000 readmissions were avoided in 2015 and approximately 565,000 readmissions have been avoided since 2010.