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NewsNQF expands list of serious reportable events
The National Quality Forum (NQF) Board yesterday approved updates to its list of serious reportable events, including three care management events and one radiologic event for a total list of 29 Read more...
Patient harm still common at hospitals
Despite a constant barrage of statistics showing how checklists and other safety measures can help hospitals to avoid costly preventable errors, many administrators apparently aren't getting the Read more...
CMS struggling to roll out new no-pay policy
For about a year now, the hospital industry has been struggling to prepare itself for the rollout of Medicare's new policy under which it won't pay for some hospital-acquired conditions. Now, it Read more...
KS Blue plan stops paying for preventable errors
Another health plan has announced that it will stop paying for complications arising from preventable errors by hospitals. This time it's Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, which stands as Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: AMA says CMS 'no-pay' list is unrealistic
At its annual convention this year, the American Medical Association raised some serious objections to Medicare's new plan to stop paying for a list of up to 17 hospital-acquired conditions. Read more...
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