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https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-200019059-001.jpeg1350942Among the 764 hospitals hit with a 1% reduction in Medicare payments this year for having high numbers of patient infections and avoidable complications are more than three dozen that Medicare also ranks as among the best in the country.