13. My take on that clause is the opposite of the blogger's.
Edited on Sun Aug-30-09 11:37 PM by subterranean
It seems to say that the restrictions on excess readmissions will not apply if the number of discharges is BELOW a certain minimum level. Once the number of discharges exceeds that level, the lower reimbursement rates will kick in.
It's not clear to me if this refers to the total number of patients discharged at the hospital for a given condition, or the number of times an individual patient is discharged for a given condition within a certain period. The latter would seem to make more sense.
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