A pair of Congressmen introduced legislation this week that aims to make 30-day readmissions penalties based on a hospital’s share of dual eligible patients, low-income seniors, or young people with a disability eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
Congressman Jim Renacci (O-16) and Congressman Eliot Engel (NY-16) say the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act, would better account for socioeconomic factors that aren&




