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In quality push, hospitals face Medicare penalty over readmissions – Tampa Bay Times

RAISING THE STAKES:  Nearly 2 million Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted within 30 days of release each year. The cost to Medicare? $17.5 billion in additional hospital bills.

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