Kaiser Health News
Jordan Rau
December 21, 2017
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https://khn.org/news/medicare-penalizes-group-of-751-hospitals-for-patient-injuries/The federal government Thursday lowered a year’s worth of Medicare payments to 751 hospitals to penalize them for having the highest rates of patient injuries.
More than half also were punished last year through the penalty, which was created by the Affordable Care Act and began four years ago. The program is designed as a financial incentive for hospitals to avoid infections and other mishaps, such as blood clots and bedsores.
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Here are the 751 hospitals hit with safety penalties for 2018.
https://khn.org/news/751-hospitals-hit-with-safety-penalties-for-2018-data-table/The penalties again fell heavily on teaching hospitals, although less than before. A third of them were punished this year, a Kaiser Health News analysis of the penalties found. Last year, the penalty was levied on nearly half of the nation’s teaching hospitals.
