More than 2,000 hospitals all across the US will soon pay a penalty based on the number of Medicare patients they re-admit.
New data from Kaiser Health News show that includes some 40 metro Atlanta hospitals.
The penalty goes into effect in October as part of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA), designed to save some of the $17.5 billion dollars spent each year on Medicare readmissions.
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