Medicare Penalizes Group Of 751 Hospitals For Patient Injuries

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News)

The federal government Thursday lowered a year’s worth of Medicare payments to 751 hospitals to penalize them for having the highest rates of patient injuries. Continue reading article here…

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