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10:37 am
Tue August 14, 2012

Thousands of hospitals face penalties for high readmission rates

Credit Lon Horwedel / AP
C.S. Mott Women and Children's Hospital is part of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor Health System, one of the organizations Medicare is penalizing for its high readmission rate.

Originally published on Wed August 15, 2012 6:17 am

Medicare is cracking down on hospital readmissions in a way that is going to hurt the bottom line of facilities in most parts of the nation.

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