Medicare penalizes 22 Tennessee hospitals
VUMC among facilities docked for complications This article has been updated to reflect the actual dollar amount Vanderbilt University Medical Center stands to lose from the Medicare penalty based on last year's inpatient admissions revenue. Twenty-two hospitals across Tennessee are being penalized by Medicare for the number of complications among patients from hospital-acquired conditions and will see their reimbursement rates for the next fiscal year fall by 1 percent. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services cut payments to 774 hospitals across the United States as part of a progra...
Source: nashvillepost.com
