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Hospital associations put nix on billing for 'never events'.
- Source :
-
Healthcare benchmarks and quality improvement [Healthcare Benchmarks Qual Improv] 2008 Feb; Vol. 15 (2), pp. 13-6. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Hospitals, associations agree that the policy is 'the right thing to do'. CMS announcement it would not reimburse for specified errors may have impacted timing of policies. Not paying for adverse events likely a trend to spread to other states.
- Subjects :
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.
Financial Management, Hospital ethics
Health Policy
Humans
Massachusetts
Medical Errors economics
Minnesota
Organizational Policy
Reimbursement, Incentive
United States
Financial Management, Hospital standards
Hospitals standards
Medical Errors standards
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1541-1052
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Healthcare benchmarks and quality improvement
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18447242