A Penalty That Medicare Has Imposed on Hospitals Is When

question 19

True/False

A penalty that Medicare has imposed on hospitals is when a patient acquires a pressure sore during the hospital admission, Medicare will continue to pay for the treatment of the pressure sore during the patient's hospital stay as they did in the past.

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