Since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid toughened their stance on unnecessary hospital readmissions, they began by penalizing institutions with reduced Medicare reimbursements if they fail to reduce their readmission rates for heart attacks, congestive heart failure and pneumonia.
In an effort to draw attention to this problem, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has funded a report by Dartmouth Atlas Project highlighting readmissions from 2010-2011 and released an interactive map contrasting the readmission rates for surgery and other medical stays region by region in 2010. It not only shows the disparity of the numbers across the country, but also compares readmission after surgery with readmission for other medical procedures.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Interactive map compares hospital readmission rates nationwide | MedCity News
