This statistic displays the Centre for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) estimates of total penalties on Medicare hospitals with high readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017, in million U.S. dollars. In financial year 2013, CMS estimated about 290 million U.S. dollars of total penalties whereas in FY 2017 penalties are estimated to increase to 528 million U.S. dollars.
Estimated total penalties for high hospital readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)*
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Estimated total penalties for high hospital readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)*
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* The current focus in the Medicare HRRP (Hospital Readmission Reduction Program) is on readmissions occurring after initial hospitalizations for selected conditions—namely, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), elective hip or knee replacement, and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (March 10, 2017). Estimated total penalties for high hospital readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/819325/total-penalties-for-high-hospital-readmission-rates-estimate-by-cms-in-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Estimated total penalties for high hospital readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)*." Chart. March 10, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/819325/total-penalties-for-high-hospital-readmission-rates-estimate-by-cms-in-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2017). Estimated total penalties for high hospital readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/819325/total-penalties-for-high-hospital-readmission-rates-estimate-by-cms-in-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Estimated Total Penalties for High Hospital Readmission Rates in The U.S. from 2013 to 2017 (in Million U.S. Dollars)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/819325/total-penalties-for-high-hospital-readmission-rates-estimate-by-cms-in-us/
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Estimated total penalties for high hospital readmission rates in the U.S. from 2013 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)* [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, March 10, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/819325/total-penalties-for-high-hospital-readmission-rates-estimate-by-cms-in-us/
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