Sound Medicine: Healthcare law update: March

Show: March 17, 2013:

Healthcare law update: March
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Healthcare law update: March

Air date: March 17, 2013

Host: Barbara Lewis

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Interview: Aaron Carroll, MD

Aaron Carroll, M.D., a frequent "Sound Medicine" commentator, discusses the pros and cons of using hospital readmission rates -- when patients return to the hospital shortly after being discharged -- to measure hospitals’ quality of care and help determine their Medicare reimbursement.