Medicare Could Lower Long-Term Costs, Avoid Physician Fee Cuts By Reducing Hospital Readmissions, Opinion Piece Says
Friday, August 15th, 2008
Reducing hospital readmissions by Medicare beneficiaries could play a large role in reducing program spending enough to avoid cutting physician fees, Robert Pozen, a trustee of the Commonwealth Fund, and Cathy Schoen, senior vice president of the fund, write in a Boston Globe opinion piece.
