Jan 18 2012
Reuters: Medicare Shortchanges Hospitals On Stroke Therapy
Treating stroke patients with clot-busting drugs costs U.S. hospitals substantially more than Medicare pays, a new study finds. The results are potentially concerning, researchers say, because in the long run, some hospitals may get out of the business of treating strokes (Norton, 1/13).
 This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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