Medicare cut payments to 2,583 hospitals Tuesday, continuing the Affordable Care Act’s eight-year campaign to financially pressure hospitals into reducing the number of patients who return for a second stay within a month.
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Readmissions: New Round of Medicare Penalties Hits Hospitals
Posted on 05 October 2019.
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Medicare Cuts Payments To Nursing Homes Whose Patients Keep Ending Up In Hospital
Posted on 04 December 2018.
Bonuses and penalties are also intended to discourage nursing homes from discharging patients too quickly.
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