TY - RPRT AU - A. L. Hines AU - M. L. Barrett AU - H. J. Jiang AU - C. A. Steiner A1 - AB - Health care reform has pinpointed hospital readmissions as a key area for improving care coordination and achieving potential savings. Stakeholders are using data to devise strategies to reduce readmissions. Two criteria for evaluating potential areas of impact include volume and costs. For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program has selected acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia as target areas for the Medicare population. CMS chose these conditions, in part, because of their high prevalence and their associated high costs for total admissions and readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries. In 2015, CMS will expand their assessment of readmissions to additional conditions that represent high volume and costs. Identifying conditions that contribute the most to the total number of readmissions and related costs for all payers may aid health care stakeholders in deciding which conditions to target to maximize quality improvement and cost-reduction efforts. This Statistical Brief uses readmissions data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) to present the conditions with the largest number of 30-day all-cause readmissions among U.S. hospitals in 2011 and their associated costs. We limited the study population to Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older and to individuals aged 18-64 years who were privately insured, uninsured, or covered by Medicaid. We display the 10 conditions with the largest number of readmissions for each payer. BT - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Briefs C4 - This grey literature reference is included in the Academy's Literature Collection in keeping with our mission to gather all sources of information on integration. Grey literature is comprised of materials that are not made available through traditional publishing avenues. Often, the information from unpublished resources can be limited and the risk of bias cannot be determined. C5 - Grey Literature; Financing & Sustainability CA - 367KB CY - Rockville, MD JF - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Briefs L3 - 367KB N2 - Health care reform has pinpointed hospital readmissions as a key area for improving care coordination and achieving potential savings. Stakeholders are using data to devise strategies to reduce readmissions. Two criteria for evaluating potential areas of impact include volume and costs. For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program has selected acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia as target areas for the Medicare population. CMS chose these conditions, in part, because of their high prevalence and their associated high costs for total admissions and readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries. In 2015, CMS will expand their assessment of readmissions to additional conditions that represent high volume and costs. Identifying conditions that contribute the most to the total number of readmissions and related costs for all payers may aid health care stakeholders in deciding which conditions to target to maximize quality improvement and cost-reduction efforts. This Statistical Brief uses readmissions data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) to present the conditions with the largest number of 30-day all-cause readmissions among U.S. hospitals in 2011 and their associated costs. We limited the study population to Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older and to individuals aged 18-64 years who were privately insured, uninsured, or covered by Medicaid. We display the 10 conditions with the largest number of readmissions for each payer. PB - Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality PP - Rockville, MD PY - 2014 RN - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK206781/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK206781.pdf T1 - Conditions With the Largest Number of Adult Hospital Readmissions by Payer, 2011. HCUP Statistical Brief #172 T2 - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Briefs TI - Conditions With the Largest Number of Adult Hospital Readmissions by Payer, 2011. HCUP Statistical Brief #172 U1 - Grey Literature; Financing & Sustainability U4 - This grey literature reference is included in the Academy's Literature Collection in keeping with our mission to gather all sources of information on integration. Grey literature is comprised of materials that are not made available through traditional publishing avenues. Often, the information from unpublished resources can be limited and the risk of bias cannot be determined. U5 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK206781/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK206781.pdf Y1 - 2014 ER -