Medicare’s Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program Fails to Lower Hospital Readmissions
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Interdisciplinary Centers, Units and Projects::Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics::Research Briefs
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Health and Medical Administration
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Medicare
Skilled Nursing Facility
Value-Based Purchasing
SNF VBP
CMS
MedPAR
Hospital Readmission
Health Care
Skilled Nursing Facility
Value-Based Purchasing
SNF VBP
CMS
MedPAR
Hospital Readmission
Health Care
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2025
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Burke, Robert E.
Hutchins, Franya
Heintz, Jonathan
Appel, Scott
Norman, Julie
Patel, Syama
Gupta, Atul
Rose, Liam
Werner, Rachel M.
Contributor
Burke, Robert E.
Hutchins, Franya
Heintz, Jonathan
Appel, Scott
Norman, Julie
Patel, Syama
Gupta, Atul
Rose, Liam
Werner, Rachel M.
Tachibana, Chris
Abstract
Since it launched in 2015, Medicare’s Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program has failed to reduce hospital readmissions as intended. Fortunately, it does not increase deaths, nor does it appear to delay needed rehospitalizations. The program’s new performance measures and incentives could help it achieve its goals.
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2025-06-12