Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars
Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as among the best in the country — for having the highest numbers of patient infections and potentially avoidable complications. The penalties — a 1% reduction in Medicare payments over 12 months — are…
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