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Jul 24, 2014: Hospitals routinely face financial penalties from the CMS for the return of excess numbers of patients with certain conditions within a month of discharge. Health policy advocates have argued hospitals in poor communities may be unfairly penalized by the CMS policy because of factors beyond their control that contribute to patients' overall poor health.
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The trial will consider such factors as income, education, race and primary language.