Talking The Health Law's Impact On Hospitals Serving Medicare Patients

KHN Reporter Jordan Rau was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Monday where he talked about the latest round of readmissions penalties in Medicare.

KHN reporters will be returning to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal each Monday throughout the summer. Tune in each week to stay informed about the latest developments in health policy.

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<h1>Talking The Health Law’s Impact On Hospitals Serving Medicare Patients</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">KFF Health News Editors</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2013-08-12T17:31:08-04:00">
			August 12, 2013		</time>
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<p>KHN Reporter Jordan Rau was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Monday where he talked about the latest round of readmissions penalties in Medicare.</p><p>Read more: <a href="http://www.kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/August/02/readmission-penalties-medicare-hospitals-year-two.aspx">Armed With Bigger Fines, Medicare To Punish 2,225 Hospitals For Excess Readmissions</a></p><p>KHN reporters will be returning to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal each Monday throughout the summer. Tune in each week to stay informed about the latest developments in health policy.</p><p><a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/swf/CSPANPlayer.swf?pid=314504-4">http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/swf/CSPANPlayer.swf?pid=314504-4</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/talking-the-health-laws-impact-on-hospitals-serving-medicare-patients/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/talking-the-health-laws-impact-on-hospitals-serving-medicare-patients/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/talking-the-health-laws-impact-on-hospitals-serving-medicare-patients/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Talking%20The%20Health%20Law%27s%20Impact%20On%20Hospitals%20Serving%20Medicare%20Patients&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Ftalking-the-health-laws-impact-on-hospitals-serving-medicare-patients%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/talking-the-health-laws-impact-on-hospitals-serving-medicare-patients/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/talking-the-health-laws-impact-on-hospitals-serving-medicare-patients/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/talking-the-health-laws-impact-on-hospitals-serving-medicare-patients/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=6064&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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