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HHS Changes Could Lead to More Incentive Pay, Better Readmission Rates

Published on Thu Apr 11, 2013

Watch for new goals regarding health info exchange. Hospital financial people, take note: Incentive payments could be headed your way, and readmission rates could drop even further. That’s the latest from CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari, M.D., who recently announced HHS’s plan to accelerate health information exchange (HIE) and build [...]
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