Medicare Assesses More than $280 Million in Penalties to Hospitals with High Readmission Rates

Sep 12, 2012 | Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology

Penalty program to reduce hospital inpatient readmissions could present an opportunity for pathologists and clinical laboratories Remember the Medicare program that was designed to target hospital inpatient readmissions? The bill is coming due and Medicare penalties are soon to hit 2,211 of the nation’s hospitals. According to Kaiser Health News, as much as $280 million in penalties will be assessed against hospitals that did meet their goals. The maximum penalty is 1% of a hospital’s base...
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