Medicare lowers payments to 751 hospitals due to patient injuries
Last week, Medicare lowered a year's worth of payments to 751 hospitals to penalize them for having the highest rates of patient injuries.
Understanding how Medicare calculates scores for hospital-acquired conditions
A quarter of the nation’s hospitals in October will receive lower Medicare payments because their rates of patient complications are higher than their peers. Federal officials released a preliminary analysis in April scoring hospitals and provisi...
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
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175 hospitals most likely to be penalized by Medicare for patient injuries
Medicare has identified 761 hospitals that are in line to be penalized for high rates of infections and complications this fall. Some of these hospitals may avoid the penalties in the fall after federal officials factor into their analysis an additiona...
More than 750 hospitals face $330M in penalties for patient injuries, infections
During a hernia operation, Dorothea Handron’s surgeon unknowingly pierced her bowel and sent her home. It took five days for doctors to determine she had an infection. By the time they operated on her again, she was so weakened that she was placed in a medically induced coma at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, North […]
Interactive Chart: Bonuses and penalties For U.S. hospitals
Medicare has two payment incentive programs for hospitals that are part of an effort to make them accountable on quality. One gives bonuses and penalties to hospitals based on how well they performed on 24 quality measures. That program is called Value...