CMS Tinkers With Readmissions Policy, Other Quality Initiatives
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The agency plans to be more selective about which hospital readmissions count toward a potential payment reduction in fiscal year 2014, according to its inpatient payment proposal. CMS also proposes hip and knee replacements as a new category of hospital admission to be included in the readmissions reduction program.
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