Readmission penalties examined

Safety-net hospitals and research hospitals may be unfairly penalized by current medicare quality assessment rules, says a study published recently by Harvard Medical School. Washington Post reporter Lena H. Sun provides an analysis of the study’s conclusions in an article titled “Medicare unfairly penalizes hospitals treating sickest, poorest patients, study finds” posted on www.washingtonpost.com. Read the article here…

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