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Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). Program overview and statutory authority. Updated 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). Program overview and statutory authority. Updated 2023.
Why this matters here
CMS's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program measures and financially pressures hospitals on unplanned readmission rates. When Incentives Become the Moral Language starts from that tool's real purpose—making patterns visible across a system too large for local judgment alone—then asks when the measure outranks the care it was meant to serve.
