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The feds want to hide hospital safety scores during COVID, making it harder to evaluate yours

The agency also would waive penalties for hospitals with high rates of complications and infections.

Citing the impact of COVID-19, Medicare has proposed not publishing which hospitals scored below average, average, or better than average on certain complications of surgery during the pandemic.
Citing the impact of COVID-19, Medicare has proposed not publishing which hospitals scored below average, average, or better than average on certain complications of surgery during the pandemic.Read morePhoto illustration by ANTON KLUSENER / Inquirer / Gettyimages
    by Tom Avril
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