Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars
Kaiser Health News
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
The penalties — a 1% reduction in Medicare payments over 12 months — are based on the experiences of Medicare patients discharged from the hospital between July 2018 and the end of 2019, before the pandemic began in earnest. The total amount of the penalties is determined by how much each hospital bills Medicare.
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