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Medicare To Penalize 2,211 Hospitals For Excess Readmissions

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More than 2,000 hospitals — including some nationally recognized ones — will be penalized by the government starting in October because many of their patients are readmitted soon after discharge, new records show.

Together, these hospitals will forfeit about $280 million in Medicare funds over the next year as the government begins a wide-ranging push to start paying health care providers based on the quality of care they provide.

Read the full story: http://tinyurl.com/c4weqf2

Source: Kaiser Health News

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