penalized for repeat admissions assessed readmission rates started falling in 2012 20 percent of Medicare patients are expected According to the Kaiser Family Foundation assessed began penalizing began penalizing began penalizing fiscal years of payments to which penalties are applied began penalizing hospitals with high readmission rates research fiscal years of payments to which penalties are applied penalties According to the Kaiser Family Foundation kff.org… are on the rise fiscal years of payments to which penalties are applied fiscal years of payments to which penalties are applied analysis readmission to the hospital began penalizing have begun to fall Kaiser Family Foundation have begun to fall began penalizing hospitals with high readmission rates total penalties will be $528 million CMS estimated fiscal years of payments to which penalties are applied penalized for repeat admissions 20 percent of Medicare patients Hospital Readmission Reduction Program