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To: combjelly who wrote (694567)	1/22/2013 10:55:34 AM
From: longnshort	of 1577539

New Medicare Efficiency Measures In addition to the across-the-board cuts in payments to hospitals, Section 3000 of the Obama health law actually awards bonus points to the hospitals that spend the least per elderly patient. The bonus system went into effect on October 1, 2012. Hospitals that spend the least “per Medicare beneficiary” get rewarded, and hospitals that spend more get whacked with demerits. This despite the evidence that patients have a better chance of surviving at higher-spending hospitals. Hospitals will even be penalized for care consumed up to thirty days after patients are discharged — for example, for outpatient physical therapy following a hip or knee replacement. Dr. Betsy McCaughey is the author of Beating Obamacare: Your Handbook for Surviving the New Health Care Law.

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