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Nearly 20% of Medicare patients who are admitted to the hospital after an acute myocardial infarction will be readmitted within 30 days, according to historical data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rate for acute MI (19.9%) is similar to rates for patients originally admitted for heart failure (24.5%) and pneumonia (18.2%). The figures, which are based on 3 years of data, were posted to Medicare's Hospital Compare Web site. The 30-day readmission rates were produced using statistical models that rely on Medicare claims and enrollment information, according to the CMS.
The Web site (www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
“The President and Congress have both identified the reduction of readmissions as a target area for health reform,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement. “When we reduce readmissions, we improve the quality of care patients receive and cut health care costs.”
The Hospital Compare readmissions data include individual hospital information, as well as national figures. It allows consumers to learn if a hospital's readmission rate is better, the same, or worse than the national rate.
The readmission data do not include planned hospital treatments such as a readmission for a scheduled heart bypass or coronary angioplasty. The data also exclude readmission of patients who left the hospital against medical advice.
Launched in 2005, the Hospital Compare Web site also includes mortality data and scores on patient satisfaction measures, 25 process of care measures, and 2 children's asthma care measures.
Nearly 20% of Medicare patients who are admitted to the hospital after an acute myocardial infarction will be readmitted within 30 days, according to historical data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rate for acute MI (19.9%) is similar to rates for patients originally admitted for heart failure (24.5%) and pneumonia (18.2%). The figures, which are based on 3 years of data, were posted to Medicare's Hospital Compare Web site. The 30-day readmission rates were produced using statistical models that rely on Medicare claims and enrollment information, according to the CMS.
The Web site (www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
“The President and Congress have both identified the reduction of readmissions as a target area for health reform,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement. “When we reduce readmissions, we improve the quality of care patients receive and cut health care costs.”
The Hospital Compare readmissions data include individual hospital information, as well as national figures. It allows consumers to learn if a hospital's readmission rate is better, the same, or worse than the national rate.
The readmission data do not include planned hospital treatments such as a readmission for a scheduled heart bypass or coronary angioplasty. The data also exclude readmission of patients who left the hospital against medical advice.
Launched in 2005, the Hospital Compare Web site also includes mortality data and scores on patient satisfaction measures, 25 process of care measures, and 2 children's asthma care measures.
Nearly 20% of Medicare patients who are admitted to the hospital after an acute myocardial infarction will be readmitted within 30 days, according to historical data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rate for acute MI (19.9%) is similar to rates for patients originally admitted for heart failure (24.5%) and pneumonia (18.2%). The figures, which are based on 3 years of data, were posted to Medicare's Hospital Compare Web site. The 30-day readmission rates were produced using statistical models that rely on Medicare claims and enrollment information, according to the CMS.
The Web site (www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
“The President and Congress have both identified the reduction of readmissions as a target area for health reform,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement. “When we reduce readmissions, we improve the quality of care patients receive and cut health care costs.”
The Hospital Compare readmissions data include individual hospital information, as well as national figures. It allows consumers to learn if a hospital's readmission rate is better, the same, or worse than the national rate.
The readmission data do not include planned hospital treatments such as a readmission for a scheduled heart bypass or coronary angioplasty. The data also exclude readmission of patients who left the hospital against medical advice.
Launched in 2005, the Hospital Compare Web site also includes mortality data and scores on patient satisfaction measures, 25 process of care measures, and 2 children's asthma care measures.