This statistic displays percentage of hospitals maximally penalized by Medicare for high readmission rates in the U.S. from FY 2013 to FY 2017. In financial year 2013, about eight percent of hospitals were at a maximum penalty for too high readmission rates. This figure decreased to 1.8 percent in FY 2017.
Percentage of hospitals maximally penalized by Medicare for high readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017*
* 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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Kaiser Family Foundation. (March 10, 2017). Percentage of hospitals maximally penalized by Medicare for high readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/819359/hospitals-with-maximum-penalty-for-high-readmission-rates-by-medicare/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of hospitals maximally penalized by Medicare for high readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017*." Chart. March 10, 2017. Statista. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/819359/hospitals-with-maximum-penalty-for-high-readmission-rates-by-medicare/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2017). Percentage of hospitals maximally penalized by Medicare for high readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/819359/hospitals-with-maximum-penalty-for-high-readmission-rates-by-medicare/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of Hospitals Maximally Penalized by Medicare for High Readmission Rates in The U.S. from 2013 to 2017*." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/819359/hospitals-with-maximum-penalty-for-high-readmission-rates-by-medicare/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of hospitals maximally penalized by Medicare for high readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/819359/hospitals-with-maximum-penalty-for-high-readmission-rates-by-medicare/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited March 15, 2025)
Percentage of hospitals maximally penalized by Medicare for high readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017* [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, March 10, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/819359/hospitals-with-maximum-penalty-for-high-readmission-rates-by-medicare/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
