Editorial: Safety-Net Hospital Penalties ‘Counterproductive’
While the "goal of reducing the number of Medicare patients who return to a hospital within a month of discharge is an admirable one," the "penalties that safety-net hospitals must pay under the federal Affordable Care Act are counterproductive," a Fresno Bee editorial argues. According to the editorial, "We support the goal of reducing Medicare costs," but safety-net hospitals "shouldn't face the same penalties as hospitals with substantially fewer poor patients."
- "EDITORIAL: Safety-Net Hospitals Have Different Challenges" (Fresno Bee, 8/29).