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In Medicare Program: N.W. Hospitals Faring Well

New Hampshire hospitals as a whole fared better than nearly every other state in the nation in a Medicare program that rewards hospitals based on quality, though Dartmouth-Hitchcock was still among the institutions penalized for failing to hit certain benchmarks. The finding is part of an analysis of Medicare data by Kasier Health News of Medicare’s quality incentive program, which offers bonuses or assesses penalties to hospitals based on two-dozen measures. More than three quarters of New Hampshire’s hospitals that participated in the program earned bonuses,  second only to Maine...Read More

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