Eleven Kansas City-area hospitals will be paid less by Medicare this year because of high rates of infections, patient injuries and readmissions, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis.
The penalties result from failure to prevent infections, blood clots, cases of sepsis, bedsores, hip fractures and other complications, including readmissions.
Each hospital will lose 1 percent of its Medicare payments for patients discharged between October 2017 and September 2018 on top of annual payment…
