- Newspaper/Magazine Article
- Published December 2018
Medicare cuts payments to nursing homes whose patients keep ending up in hospital.
Rau J. Kaiser Health News. December 3, 2018.
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Approach to Improving Safety
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Setting of Care
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Long-term care environments harbor various challenges to patient safety. This news article reports on the federal government strategy to incentivize reductions in hospital readmissions of nursing home residents through the implementation of financial bonuses or penalties.
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