Effective Oct. 1, 2008, the CMS stopped reimbursing healthcare providers for 11 “never events” -- considered reasonably preventable errors in healthcare delivery. What are the "never event" policies for the various insurers and state associations? Modern Healthcare is tracking those decisions through its Never Events Tracking System.
By Rebecca Vesely |
February 02, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Consumer Reports and the Leapfrog Group have released quality data on central-line infections for intensive-care units at 926 hospitals in 43... FULL STORY »
By Vince Galloro |
January 18, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Tennessee hospitals reported 2008 hospital-acquired infection rates that were higher than national averages in six out of eight categories of... FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
December 14, 2009
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Basic Web Registration The Food and Drug Administration's expanding investigation into why some patients undergoing CT perfusion brain scans have received excessive amounts... FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
December 07, 2009
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Basic Web Registration In the winter of 1999, one ticking time bomb appeared to be the “Y2K bug,” when it was feared that computer glitches on Jan. 1, 2000,... FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
November 10, 2009
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Basic Web Registration HHS announced $9 million in funding for state health departments to boost their monitoring of infections at ambulatory surgical centers. FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
November 09, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Hospitals often contend that they worry about a greater influx of legal action by patients if they disclose more information when errors occur during... FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
November 03, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, has been fined $150,000, ordered to put video cameras in all its operating suites and must undergo surgery... FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
November 02, 2009
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Basic Web Registration This is the second part of a two-part series on the effects of patient-safety advocates. Part one of the series, which ran Sept. 7 (p. 6),... FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
October 30, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise and without new antibiotics, infections will continue to be prevalent, according to researchers presenting at... FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
October 23, 2009
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Basic Web Registration HHS announced $17 million in funding for projects to prevent hospital-acquired infections. FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
September 14, 2009
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Basic Web Registration A new center established by the Joint Commission could lead to bigger changes for the accreditation organization and standards requirements for... FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
September 09, 2009
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Basic Web Registration The financial impact of CMS not paying for certain hospital-acquired conditions is likely to be much lower than the federal agency estimated,... FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
September 07, 2009
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Basic Web Registration This is the first part of a two-part series on the impact of patient-safety advocates. Part two of the series, which will appear in an upcoming... FULL STORY »
By Rebecca Vesely |
September 04, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Twelve California hospitals have been fined $25,000 each for serious patient-care breaches, the latest in a series of fines issued by the state. Six... FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
September 03, 2009
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Basic Web Registration The National Quality Forum is preparing to review and possibly add to its list of adverse events while continuing to define which conditions acquired... FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans |
September 01, 2009
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Basic Web Registration New Jersey will publicly report 14 hospital patient-safety measures, including botched surgeries and accidental punctures, under a bill signed by... FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
August 25, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Aetna has established new, tighter policies dictating when it will and will not reimburse for medical care related to errors made by providers. FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
August 03, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription Four years ago, St. Joseph's Hospital opened the doors to its new facility built with a focus on patient-safety principles, with much fanfare from... FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
July 06, 2009
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Basic Web Registration A voluntary initiative by Rhode Island’s hospitals to prevent wrong-site and wrong-patient surgeries is partly the result of a state health... FULL STORY »
By Shawn Rhea |
June 30, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Beginning July 1, all 14 of Rhode Island’s hospitals will voluntarily adopt a newly developed surgical-safety protocol aimed at preventing wrong-site... FULL STORY »
