Changes in Hospital Referral Patterns to Skilled Nursing Facilities Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
Kim KL, Li L, Kuang M, Horwitz LI, Desai SM. Changes in Hospital Referral Patterns to Skilled Nursing Facilities Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. Medical Care 2019, 57: 695-701. PMID: 31335756, PMCID: PMC6944285, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramSkilled nursing facilitiesHospital referral patternsReadmissions Reduction ProgramReferral patternsReadmission ratesReferral ratesNursing facilitiesMedicare FFS patientsHigher readmission ratesProportion of referralsAcute myocardial infarctionPercentage of referralsReduction programsHRRP announcementSNF patientsFFS patientsHeart failureDifferential increaseService patientsMyocardial infarctionPostacute careReadmission reductionSD increaseMedicare feeRisk of Readmission After Discharge From Skilled Nursing Facilities Following Heart Failure Hospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Weerahandi H, Li L, Bao H, Herrin J, Dharmarajan K, Ross JS, Kim KL, Jones S, Horwitz LI. Risk of Readmission After Discharge From Skilled Nursing Facilities Following Heart Failure Hospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2019, 20: 432-437. PMID: 30954133, PMCID: PMC6486375, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.01.135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkilled nursing facilitiesSNF dischargeRetrospective cohort studySNF lengthHeart failureHF hospitalizationComposite outcomeCohort studyNursing facilitiesService beneficiaries 65Heart failure hospitalizationRisk of readmissionHazard rate ratiosFailure hospitalizationUnplanned readmissionHF diagnosisHospital dischargePostdischarge outcomesSNF stayMedicare patientsMedicare feeHome transitionPatientsReadmissionDay 3Trends in Hospital Readmission of Medicare-Covered Patients With Heart Failure
Blecker S, Herrin J, Li L, Yu H, Grady JN, Horwitz LI. Trends in Hospital Readmission of Medicare-Covered Patients With Heart Failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 1004-1012. PMID: 30846093, PMCID: PMC7011858, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramSecondary heart failureReadmission ratesHeart failureReadmissions Reduction ProgramHF hospitalizationAffordable Care ActMedicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramRisk-adjusted readmission ratesCause readmission rateHigher readmission ratesAcute myocardial infarctionCare ActReduction programsLinear spline regression modelsPneumonia hospitalizationsHospital readmissionMedicare hospitalizationsRetrospective studySecondary diagnosisMyocardial infarctionPrincipal diagnosisHospitalizationSpline regression modelsPatients