The purpose of these regulations is to enable the Commission to fully measure and compare hospital-specific performance on readmissions and to use the data to further enhance and strengthen the financial incentives linked with performance.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§19-143, 19-207, 19-212, 19-215, and 19-216, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: September 19, 2011 (38:18 Md. R. 1077)