Which Hospitals Score Best On Medicare's Quality Measures?

On NPR’s Morning Edition today, KHN’s Jordan Rau discussed the new quality data released by Medicare Thursday and what types of hospitals scored best and worst. Listen to the conversation below.

http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=245254951&m=245358669&t=audio

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<h1>Which Hospitals Score Best On Medicare’s Quality Measures?</h1>
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		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2013-11-15T12:59:13-05:00">
			November 15, 2013		</time>
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<p>On <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/11/15/245254951/medicare-penalizes-nearly-1-500-hospitals-for-poor-quality-scores">NPR’s Morning Edition</a> today, KHN’s Jordan Rau discussed the <a href="http://www.kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/November/14/value-based-purchasing-medicare.aspx">new quality data released by Medicare</a> Thursday and what types of hospitals scored best and worst. Listen to the conversation below.</p><p><a /><a href="http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=245254951&m=245358669&t=audio">http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=245254951&m=245358669&t=audio</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/which-hospitals-score-best-on-medicares-quality-measures/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/which-hospitals-score-best-on-medicares-quality-measures/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/which-hospitals-score-best-on-medicares-quality-measures/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Which%20Hospitals%20Score%20Best%20On%20Medicare%27s%20Quality%20Measures%3F&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fwhich-hospitals-score-best-on-medicares-quality-measures%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/which-hospitals-score-best-on-medicares-quality-measures/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/which-hospitals-score-best-on-medicares-quality-measures/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/which-hospitals-score-best-on-medicares-quality-measures/">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=6621&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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