Total penalties for high hospital readmission rates U.S. 2017

This statistic displays the Centre for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) estimates of total penalties on Medicare hospitals with high readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017, in million U.S. dollars. In financial year 2013, CMS estimated about 290 million U.S. dollars of total penalties whereas in FY 2017 penalties are estimated to increase to 528 million U.S. dollars.

Estimated total penalties for high hospital readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)*

Characteristic	Penalties in million U.S. dollars
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Release date

March 2017

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Region

United States

Survey time period

financial years 2013 to 2017

Special properties

Medicare inpatient admissions

Supplementary notes

* The current focus in the Medicare HRRP (Hospital Readmission Reduction Program) is on readmissions occurring after initial hospitalizations for selected conditions—namely, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), elective hip or knee replacement, and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).

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