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AHA, AMA balk at CMS nonpayment proposals for never events

December 4, 2008 — 4:22am ET | By Anne Zieger
The American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association have come together to challenge CMS proposals that would ban Medicare payments when surgeons operate on the wrong patient, the... Read more...

Leapfrog's never events policy has higher participation in 2008

October 28, 2008 — 10:04am ET | By Anne Zieger
As healthcare industry attention shifts to medical errors--particularly "never events" that increasingly aren't reimbursable by health insurers--healthcare organizations are adopting new, more... Read more...

Indiana hospitals see 24 percent more errors

August 26, 2008 — 1:09pm ET | By Anne Zieger
While the absolute numbers are still small, they're moving in a questionable direction. The number of serious medical mistakes taking place in Indiana went up 24 percent last year, from 85 in 2006 to... Read more...

SC Medicaid plans to stop paying for errors

August 25, 2008 — 1:37pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Another plan has joined the "no pay for errors" parade: This time, it's South Carolina's Medicaid program, which covers about 800,000 South Carolinians. Officials with the program say that they won't... Read more...

Hospitals in nearly half of states won't bill for never events

August 13, 2008 — 2:49pm ET | By Anne Zieger
A new analysis suggests that hospitals in almost half of U.S. states will no longer bill patients for serious medical errors, up sharply from the beginning of 2008. In February, an analysis by a news... Read more...

IL Blue plan won't pay for errors

August 8, 2008 — 11:22am ET | By Anne Zieger
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has become the latest Blue plan to roll out a policy banning payment for medical errors by hospitals. It's become one of several fellow Blue plans to announce... Read more...

KS health plans won't pay for 'never events'

August 4, 2008 — 12:35pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Kansas' largest health plans have announced that they will stop paying hospitals for avoidable complications from care, including the administration of wrong blood types and certain infections. This... Read more...

TX hospital group issues medical-error billing guidelines

July 18, 2008 — 10:29am ET | By Anne Zieger
Following the lead of individual hospitals and associations around the U.S., the Texas Hospital Association has developed a policy designed to help its member hospitals determine when not to bill for... Read more...

CA hospitals disclose more than 1000 medical harm cases

June 30, 2008 — 10:18am ET | By Anne Zieger
California hospitals have made their first official disclosures of never events occurring in their facilities, a step required under a state law enacted in 2006. The disclosures, which cover the... Read more...

RI passes bill for patient safety committee, error-tracking system

June 23, 2008 — 3:17pm ET | By Abby Christopher
Rhode Island lawmakers have passed legislation that would create a database for voluntary tracking of medical errors by healthcare providers and insurers. The bill, which still requires the... Read more...
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