Medicare Readmission Rates on the Decline: 7 Statistics

Since 2012 when CMS announced it would penalize more than 2,000 hospitals for excessive 30-day readmissions, rates for all condition Medicare readmission rates have plummeted, according to a Medscape report.

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Here are seven statistics on approximate 30 Medicare readmission rates from 2007 to 2013.

2007 — 18.9 percent
2008 — 19 percent
2009 — 19.2 percent
2010 — 19.1 percent
2011 — 19 percent
2012 — 18.5 percent
2013 — 18 percent

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