Skating to the puck or avoiding the penalty box in health care? Are financial penalties working for changing hospital behavior?

A new article questions whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' use of financial penalties is the right tack for changing the behavior of hospitals. In the article, the researchers examine the pros and cons of the hospital readmissions reduction policy in the Affordable Care Act as an example of similar CMS initiatives.

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