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Researchers found that the 30-day readmission rate (adjusted for patient risk) declined to 18.4% from 20% after the penalties were introduced. Yet the 30-day mortality rate increased to 8.6% from 7.2%—about 5,400 additional deaths per year. Over a one-year period the readmission rate fell by 0.9 percentage points while the mortality rate rose by five. In other words, while fewer patients were being readmitted, many more were dying. ObamaCare’s Death Payments
New regs on medicare patients and readmission rates caused this. We are now playing the same games with general populace that VA plays......
New regs on medicare patients and readmission rates caused this. We are now playing the same games with general populace that VA plays......