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Re: Medicare Says It Won't Cover Hospital Errors From: Laureano Folgar (lfolgar@vianwe.com) Sun Aug 26 06:26:08 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: Medicare Says It Won't Cover Hospital Errors" Previous message: Ronald Ainsworth: "Re: Medical Equipment Maint./Upgrade Costs" In reply to: Marilyn Ringstaff: "Re: Medicare Says It Won't Cover Hospital Errors" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: Medicare Says It Won't Cover Hospital Errors" US government is in the complete wrong way to save money in public health. They feed a vicious circle, more being afraid to commit a mistake , more defensive medicine, so more cost. L. folgar Marilyn Ringstaff escribió: > << I read an article this morning that stated this program will save > Medicare $20 Million a year. The Medicare budget is $400 BILLION. That > means that medical errors cost 0.005% of the entire budget. (and the > auditors they hire to find the istakes will probably cost more than $20 > mil. I'm wondering if there is any other industry where errors account > for that small a fraction of the total expenditures, and will this > program save money or just drive more hospitals into bankruptcy?>> > > Anna- there is a list of ‘never events’ that Medicare is going to stop > reimbursing hospitals for, I think the regulations are coming out in a > day or two. This by no means addresses all medical errors- the ARHQ > estimates that medical errors cost $37.6 billion each year; about $17 > billion of those costs are associated with preventable errors. The CMS > press release about it is at > http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=1863 > > I think the new program is aimed at reducing mistakes like this- the > THIRD wrong site surgery for this neurosurgery unit in six years: > Patient dies after surgeon operates on wrong side of head > August 24, 2007 > > http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2007/08/24/patient_dies_after_surgeon_operates_on_wrong_side_of_head/ > > Marilyn > > -- > Marilyn Ringstaff, CNM, JD > Rome, Georgia > Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: Medicare Says It Won't Cover Hospital Errors" Previous message: Ronald Ainsworth: "Re: Medical Equipment Maint./Upgrade Costs" In reply to: Marilyn Ringstaff: "Re: Medicare Says It Won't Cover Hospital Errors" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: Medicare Says It Won't Cover Hospital Errors"

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