Differential Impact of Hospital and Community Factors on Medicare Readmission Penalties

Health Services Research
Monica S AswaniJustin Blackburn

Abstract

To identify hospital/county characteristics and sources of regional heterogeneity associated with readmission penalties. Acute care hospitals under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program from fiscal years 2013 to 2018 were linked to data from the Annual Hospital Association, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare claims, Hospital Compare, Nursing Home Compare, Area Resource File, Health Inequity Project, and Long-term Care Focus. The final sample contained 3,156 hospitals in 1,504 counties. Data sources were combined using Medicare hospital identifiers or Federal Information Processing Standard codes. A two-level hierarchical model with correlated random effects, also known as the Mundlak correction, was employed with hospitals nested within counties. Over a third of the variation in readmission penalties was attributed to the county level. Patient sociodemographics and the surrounding access to and quality of care were significantly associated with penalties. Hospital measures of Medicare volume, percentage dual-eligible and Black patients, and patient experience were correlated with unobserved area-level factors that also impact penalties. As the readmission risk adjustment does not include any community-le...Continue Reading

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