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May 17, 2012
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Medicare spotlights hospitals with especially costly patients
Kaiser Health News
The government has identified hundreds of hospitals whose Medicare patients are incurring especially high bills, a first step toward using bonuses and penalties to encourage more efficient care. The new Medicare figures show wide variance among hospitals around the country, even ones just a few miles apart.More

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