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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) added a section to the Social Security Act establishing the Hospital Program. It requires CMS to reduce payments to hospitals with excessive ________________. This was implemented back in 2012. Readmissions Used as an indicator for measuring the quality in health care. Affects clinical outcomes, patient retention, and medical malpractice claims. Patient Satisfaction Surveys Division of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Is responsible for d...

Analytical Methods of Healthcare Leaders - D514 Verified Answers In conversations with her patients, a physical therapist notices that patients who are on Workman's Compensation and have supportive supervisors, eager for them to return to work, have more positive outcomes in rehabilitation than those patients whose supervisors have a negative attitude toward their employee's injury: insisting they not return to work until they are at 100% because if anything less they are "useless t...