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Questions the validity and potential negative consequences of Medicare's policy penalizing hospitals for 30-day readmission rates.
Under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals with “worse than expected” 30-day readmission rates will be penalized by Medicare. But though a focus on readmissions may have good face validity, the policy attention to 30-day readmissions may be misguided.
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