Medicare cuts payments to nursing homes whose patients keep ending up in hospital. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Medicare cuts payments to nursing homes whose patients keep ending up in hospital. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published December 2018

Medicare cuts payments to nursing homes whose patients keep ending up in hospital.

Rau J. Kaiser Health News. December 3, 2018.

Long-term care environments harbor various challenges to patient safety. This news article reports on the federal government strategy to incentivize reductions in hospital readmissionsof nursing home residents through the implementation of financial bonuses or penalties.

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