The Growing Need for Cardiac Readmission Reductions in Hospitals

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Hospitals across the United States are in a constant battle to reduce readmission rates across the board. Medicare has punished 82% of hospitals for excessive readmission rates in its 10th annual round of penalties, cutting payments to nearly half in some cases and leveraging heavy fines to prevent future readmissions. These penalties have shown positive […]

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