Medicare’s Readmission Penalties Hit New High

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News)

The federal government’s penalties on hospitals will reach a new high as Medicare withholds more than half a billion dollars in payments over the next year, records released Tuesday show. Read article here……

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