HB5313

HB5313 amends Medicaid provisions in Illinois, removing requirements for reducing hospital readmissions and complications.

HB5313 amends the Illinois Public Aid Code to remove provisions requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish benchmarks for hospitals to reduce potentially preventable hospital readmissions, inpatient complications, and unnecessary emergency room visits. It also removes the requirement to publish provider-specific historical readmission data and set targets for reducing readmissions. The bill eliminates the mandate to adopt policies and rates of reimbursement for readmission services to achieve cost savings.