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Rachael B. Zuckerman
Researcher at Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Publications - 17
Citations - 1029
Rachael B. Zuckerman is an academic researcher from Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicaid & Medicare Advantage. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 15 publications receiving 850 citations. Previous affiliations of Rachael B. Zuckerman include United States Department of Health and Human Services & Johns Hopkins University.
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Readmissions, Observation, and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
TL;DR: Readmission trends are consistent with hospitals' responding to incentives to reduce readmissions, including the financial penalties for readmissions under the ACA, and changes in observation-unit stays accounted for the decrease in readmissions.
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Understanding Medicare Hospital Readmission Rates And Differing Penalties Between Safety-Net And Other Hospitals
TL;DR: The findings suggest the need for a careful evaluation of policy alternatives that factor socioeconomic status into penalty calculations for excess readmissions to determine whether such alternatives could have a significant impact on penalties while remaining consistent with overall objectives for delivery system transformation.
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Social Risk Factors and Performance Under Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs.
TL;DR: The report covered here is the first component of the required work, which was submitted to Congress in December 2016 and may have particular salience to cardiovascular clinicians, who practice every day in an environment significantly impacted by VBP.
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Association Between Race, Neighborhood, and Medicaid Enrollment and Outcomes in Medicare Home Health Care.
Karen E. Joynt Maddox,Karen E. Joynt Maddox,Lena M. Chen,Lena M. Chen,Rachael B. Zuckerman,Arnold M. Epstein,Arnold M. Epstein +6 more
TL;DR: The objective of this study was to determine odds of adverse clinical outcomes associated with dual enrollment in Medicaid and Medicare as a marker of individual poverty, residence in a low‐income ZIP code tabulation area (ZCTA), and black race.
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Effect of a Hospital-wide Measure on the Readmissions Reduction Program
Rachael B. Zuckerman,Karen E. Joynt Maddox,Karen E. Joynt Maddox,Steven H. Sheingold,Lena M. Chen,Arnold M. Epstein +5 more
TL;DR: A transition to a hospital‐wide readmission measure would only modestly increase the number of hospitals eligible for penalties and would substantially increase the penalties for safety‐net hospitals.