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CMS penalizes 2,583 hospitals for high readmissions: 5 things to know

By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review In fiscal year 2020, CMS will penalize 2,583 hospitals for having too many Medicare patients readmitted within 30 days, according to federal data released Sept. 30 cited in a Kaiser Health News report. This is the eighth year of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. To determine penalties for…

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