The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program is a program under the Affordable Care Act aimed at reducing readmissions for pneumonia, congestive heart failure, or acute myocardial infarction.

• A. Reimbursement
• B. Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP)
• C. MCOs
• D. Medicare Advantage Plans

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is recognizing a Medicare payment policy linked to hospital performance on readmissions. The Hospital Readmission Reduction Program is a Medicare initiative created under the Affordable Care Act that penalizes hospitals with higher-than-expected 30-day readmission rates for pneumonia, congestive heart failure, and acute myocardial infarction. By reducing payments to those hospitals, the program motivates better discharge planning, care coordination, and follow-up care to prevent unnecessary returns. The other options refer to general reimbursement or to different parts of the health system (managed care organizations or Medicare Advantage plans), not the specific program that ties readmission performance to Medicare payments.