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Medicare to Withhold Payments to Hospitals for Infecting Patients

By Dianne Finch on Thursday, June 28, 2007.

Under a new federal law, New Hampshireâ€™s hospitals will soon pay a financial price if a patient picks up an infection during a hospital stay.

For Medicare and Medicaid patients, Washington plans to stop paying hospitals for treating illnesses acquired at hospitals.

New Hampshire hospitals are concerned about how the plans would be implemented, but some say it could help improve quality.

NHPRâ€™s Dianne Finch reports.

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