My theme is that new ObamaCare rules on readmitting sick patients could tempt hospitals to "game the system" to your detriment.
Here is the opening:
Have you ever boarded an airplane, pushed off from the gate, then sat
motionless on the runway for 45 minutes? This can happen for many
reasons. But the federal Department of Transportation counts a flight as
“departed” once it leaves the gate, not when it leaves the ground.
Hence, airports have an incentive to “game the system” and artificially
inflate their on-time departure statistics by sending planes from their
gates even if they don’t go anywhere.
Under new ObamaCare rules, hospitals will have a similar incentive to “game” the system to improve their Medicare statistics, even at patient expense...
Under new ObamaCare rules, hospitals will have a similar incentive to “game” the system to improve their Medicare statistics, even at patient expense...
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