NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There may be several non-medical factors outside of hospitals' control that are linked to how heart and pneumonia patients fare once they're discharged, according to a fresh look at past research. Beginning October 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) started using readmission rates and patient outcomes as a way to determine how much money hospitals should get paid. But CMS does not consider so-called social factors, such as a patient's living situation or low income, when profiling the quality of a hospital's care. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News Read More Here..
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