Although Medicare penalties for high rates of readmissions offer an opportunity for hospitals to improve quality and lower cost, efforts to reduce readmissions could violate fraud and abuse laws, Report on Medicare Compliance reported.
Lawyers warn that discharge planning and transitional care programs
could cross the line from care improvements to potentially fraudulent
practices if hospitals can't prove that such services are part of
inpatient care. More
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