Mental Health Disorders Complicate Standards Used by ACA to Penalize Hospitals for 'Excessive' Readmissions (VIDEO)

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Henry Ford Health System researcher Brian K. Ahmedani, Ph.D., discusses why co-existing psychiatric illness should be considered in assessing hospital readmissions for three common medical conditions used by Medicare and Medicaid to penalize hospitals with 'excessive' readmission rates.

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