Within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Congress included a provision called the Hospital Re-admissions Reduction Program (HRRP). HRRP was implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on August 18, 2011. This Legal Notes explains the basic structure of HRRP and ways to reduce re-admissions for Medicare patients.
Available by clicking here as of April 18, 2016.
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