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In accordance with the Affordable Care Act, readmissions to the hospital are being scrutinized by CMS . Hospitals will face penalties for readmissions for three preventable conditions: acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, and heart failure. The Affordable Care Act created the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, also known as HRRP, which will be implemented with hospital discharges on/after October 1, 2012. Readmission is defined as discharge from a hospital to a non-acute setting following by admission to the same or another hospital within 30 days of that discharge for any reason. CMS has been monitoring hospital readmissions for some time now but as of October 1st, payments to hospitals will be tied to performance measures....