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More than 2,200 hospitals face penalties under ObamaCare rules
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<blockquote data-quote="UnSafe" data-source="post: 1879325" data-attributes="member: 100"><p>Angsniper nailed it. The actions of the irresponsible force the responsible to pay more. </p><p></p><p>As for the so called "Bounce back" penalties- There's a fine, ever flexible line between discharging an inpatient too early or keeping them too long. Hospitals and Docs have all sorts of policies, algorithms and "score lists" that help to predict who/ what should stay or go, but it's an imperfect science. </p><p></p><p>"Street" them too early and without an adequate outpatient treatment plan and they'll be back. Keep them too long and the risks of "Hospital acquired" infections (note- not necessarily hospital "caused" infections), venous thrombosis (vein blood clots), bed sores, muscular deconditioning, etc., all tend to rear their ugly heads more often. </p><p></p><p>Maybe we'll just transfer all of our bounce backs to MDT's hospital, for a higher level of care!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UnSafe, post: 1879325, member: 100"] Angsniper nailed it. The actions of the irresponsible force the responsible to pay more. As for the so called "Bounce back" penalties- There's a fine, ever flexible line between discharging an inpatient too early or keeping them too long. Hospitals and Docs have all sorts of policies, algorithms and "score lists" that help to predict who/ what should stay or go, but it's an imperfect science. "Street" them too early and without an adequate outpatient treatment plan and they'll be back. Keep them too long and the risks of "Hospital acquired" infections (note- not necessarily hospital "caused" infections), venous thrombosis (vein blood clots), bed sores, muscular deconditioning, etc., all tend to rear their ugly heads more often. Maybe we'll just transfer all of our bounce backs to MDT's hospital, for a higher level of care! [/QUOTE]
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