Why Aren’t Those Hospital Readmission Rates Dropping?

Last week, we took a look at hospital performance – and if the hospital performance programs being utilized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are having a measurable effect on hospital performance (see Does Measuring Performance Change Performance? and Consumer Star Ratings For Hospitals – It’s Only Going To Get Harder To Earn Those 5 Stars).

What we found is a 3.7% drop in . . .