Medicare fines for hospital readmissions drop due to the pandemic
Federal officials said they are penalizing 2,273 hospitals, the fewest since September 2014 to compensate for the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Federal officials said they are penalizing 2,273 hospitals, the fewest since September 2014 to compensate for the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal officials said they are penalizing 2273 hospitals, the fewest since 2014. Driving the decline was a change in the formula to compensate for the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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