Local hospitals penalized by Medicare
Several hospitals in the Pittsburgh region were among 751 nationwide that received lower Medicare payments for a year.
Kaiser Health Network said that the lowered payments came out of the Affordable Care Act and included rates due to hospital-acquired infections, bed sores, wound ruptures and others.
In the Pittsburgh region, the hospitals impacted were:
You can read more in the Kaiser Health News story here.
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