HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2019 Issue 6 (February)

Healthcare News: Readmissions penalties could be linked to higher mortality, says study

February 5th, 2019

Using financial penalties to reduce hospital readmissions has been linked to a significant rise in post-discharge mortality for patients with heart failure and pneumonia, according to a recent study by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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