Tag Archives: Medicare Readmission Penalties
Pressure Mounts to Risk-Adjust for Poverty
Hospital associations and trade groups are lobbying federal officials to account for how “the disease of poverty” impacts the health of patients—and costs hospitals.
Half Of Nation’s Hospitals Fail Again To Escape Medicare’s Readmission Penalties
http://khn.org/news/half-of-nations-hospitals-fail-again-to-escape-medicares-readmission-penalties/
Once again, the majority of the nation’s hospitals are being penalized by Medicare for having patients frequently return within a month of discharge — this time losing a combined $420 million, government records show.
HENRY KOTULA 