 Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette | Hospitals put a new focus on follow-ups to avoid Medicare fines Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette Medicare based fines on each hospital's readmissions for heart attack, congestive heart failure and pneumonia patients during 2008-2011. While the penalty percentage is small, many hospitals say they can't really afford to lose any money. "Not very ... Too many readmissions to cost hospitals Revised Medicare Penalties Hit Some States Hard |
