Michigan Medicine: Missing Medicare Data Alters Hospital Penalties, Study Finds
January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 23 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release:
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Missing Medicare data alters hospital penalties, study finds
Hospitals in areas with high Medicare Advantage enrollment face inflated financial penalties for readmissions, because government uses only traditional Medicare data
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For more than a decade, hospitals have worked . . .
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Missing Medicare data alters hospital penalties, study finds
Hospitals in areas with high Medicare Advantage enrollment face inflated financial penalties for readmissions, because government uses only traditional Medicare data
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For more than a decade, hospitals have worked . . .