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Our coverage of Medicare’s penalties for hospitals that fail to meet targets for reducing readmission rates draw a lot of reader attention. So did recent stories about drug coupons and about a new Arkansas initiative to reduce Medicaid spending while adding a new level of transparency to the state’s health care payment system. Here’s a sampling:
The following was a response to Medicare Revises Hospitals’ Readmissions Penalties (Rau, 10/2):
Jacqueline Voss, RN, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Macomb, Mich.
Readers also commented on an earlier story: Medicare To Penalize 2,211 Hospitals For Excess Readmission (Rau, 8/13).
Allen Round, Porterville, Calif.
Paul E. Hacker, Paul E. Hacker Insurance Agency, Gardiner, N.Y.
The story, Eyes Turn To Arkansas’ Bold Effort To Cut Medicaid Costs, Add Transparency (Kulkarni, 10/1), also triggered readers’ reactions.
Brian Eisenberg, Eisenberg Consulting Inc., Martinez, Calif.
Brenda Kaye, Palm Desert, Calif.
Marj Oines, Petersburg, Alaska
Another reader offered the following comment in response to Drug Coupons: A Good Deal For The Patient, But Not The Insurer (Schultz, 10/1).
Lee Jarm, Boston, Mass.
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