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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Hospital short-stay policy issues (2)

Hospital short-stay policy issues (2)

June 15, 2015

The Secretary should evaluate establishing a penalty for hospitals with excess rates of short inpatient stays to substitute, in whole or in part, for recovery audit contractor review of short inpatient stays.

Appeared in: June 2015 - Chapter 7

Topics: Hospital.