Medicare’s Hospital Reimbursement Rule On Preventable Errors A Welcome Change, Editorial States



Friday, August 31st, 2007

In light of the “substantial” cost of medical errors, Medicare’s new rule to refuse to pay the costs of preventable hospital errors will provide an incentive that should “help reduce the taxpayers’ burden,” a Washington Times editorial states. It continues, “It’s not to say that hospitals are careless now, but the new rules will make them more diligent. [click link for full article]

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