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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

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. “Unfortunately, pretty much in every regard, the program has been a failure,” said Andrew Ryan , a professor of health care management at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, who has published extensively on the program. . In a statement, CMS noted it had limited ability to alter the program.

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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

KHN

One problem, he added, is “you’re kind of asking hospitals to call out events that are going to have them lose money, so the incentives are really messed up for hospitals to fully disclose” patient injuries. The law also excuses hospitals that focus on rehabilitation, long-term care, children, psychiatry, or veterans.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

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North Carolina’s InCK program , led by Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, brings together partners from Medicaid, behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice, education, Title V, mobile crisis, and more to coordinate care and address the health and social needs of children in five counties.