Monday, January 9, 2017

769 Hospitals Penalized For Patient Safety In 2017

Kaiser Health News




The federal government has cut payments to hospitals with high rates of patient injuries this year. Those hospitals will lose 1 percent of Medicare payments over the federal fiscal year, which runs from October 2016 through next September. Maryland hospitals are exempted from penalties because that state has a separate payment arrangement with Medicare.

Below are the hospitals being penalized:

Full KHN Story: 769 Hospitals Penalized For Patient Safety In 2017
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