A new provision of Obamacare went into effect today: hospitals will be penalized financially via their Medicare reimbursements, if their Medicare patients are re-admitted for the same medical problems too quickly, too frequently.
This applies to things like hospitalization for heart attacks ,etc.
The goal is to make sure the hospital treats and follows up with the patient correctly and thoroughly the
first time they have a major health problem - to save the patient recurring bad health and quick readmission for the same problem again in a short time, and to save Medicare from paying for excessive admissions for the same problem over and over again in quick succession.
Treat it right the first time, ensure the patient gets appropriate follow up care.
What a concept!
Healthier patients, less admissions, less cost to the provider (which is you and I) Medicare already delivers a higher quality of care, for far less cost, than US private insurance companies. This simply improves that again. One of the ways Obamacare extends the life of Medicare by 8 years.
Of course, Mitt Romney vows to repeal this horrible provision, socialist healthcare and huge government overreach the first day he is in office
I like Obamacare. Yes, I do
