Hospital Readmission Reduction Program Penalties for Hospitals With High Medicare Advantage Penetration
The findings of this study suggest that including MA penetration explicitly in risk adjustment or in peer group definitions may dampen distortions from unobservable patient severity in HRRP penalty calculations.
Authors
- Ryan A. Frieler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2780-3244)
- Geoffrey J. Hoffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3583-6532)
- Zoey Chopra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6349-2431)
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Center for Advancing Health (US)
- Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2026-01-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.54972
- Primary Topic
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Michigan
- Arnold Ventures