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RI lawmakers propose medical error tracking system
Rhode Island lawmakers have introduced a bill that would create a system tracking medical mistakes and near misses, spurred in part by incidents in which brain surgeons at Rhode Island Hospital... Read more...
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> Australian researches say they're five years away from a prostate cancer vaccine. Read more...
Study: Doctors don't like error-reporting systems
A new study suggests that reducing medical error rates may require both a change in medical culture and a redesign of reporting systems. According to the study, which appears this month in the... Read more...
FL hospital loses $28M, half to Medicare auditors
As hospital industry insiders know, Medicare audits aren't pretty. What makes them even less so is that the people doing the audits are often private contractors who are paid a percentage of any... Read more...
PA works to shift patients to community care
Moving in a direction which has widely been encouraged in national policy circles, the state of Pennsylvania has begun shifting its funding in a manner intended to keep people out of nursing homes... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Feds crack down on Medicare marketing practices; NJ lawmakers pass patient-handling bill; and much more...
> Once again, the feds are cracking down on aggressive marketing practices engaged in by private Medicare plans. Read more...
PA legislators wrangle over malpractice subsidy
Pennsylvania state Senators have agreed to continue a malpractice subsidy already in place for doctors and hospitals, while sidestepping a proposal to take money out of the malpractice reserve fund... Read more...
Study: Doctors may not report peer mistakes
New research suggests that many doctors don't report fellow physicians for medical errors or even a lack of skills. The study, which appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that 45 percent... Read more...
CMS to publish names of worst-quality nursing homes
CMS agreed this week to publish the names of 54 nursing homes it has targeted as being the worst in their respective states on its website. The homes, which are located in 33 states as well as the... Read more...
Hospital, state senator targets of federal investigation
This week, federal investigators are searching the home and legislative offices of New Jersey state Sen. Joseph Coniglio (D) as part of a ongoing corruption investigation. In pursuing the... Read more...
