Medicare Eases Readmission Penalties Against Safety-Net Hospitals

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News)

On orders from Congress, Medicare is easing up on its annual readmission penalties on hundreds of hospitals serving the most low-income residents, records released last week show. Continue reading article here…

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