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Found: 13-inch retractor was left inside a patient
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Errors: What we have is a failure to communicate
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Once more, with feeling: Wrong-site surgery is still an unsolved problem
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Doctors faces charges for Oxycontin ’scripts
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Guest Column: Pharmaceutical marketing practices face new scrutiny
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Bundled payments: A glimpse into the future?
As part of its mission to cut costs and improve quality, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a pilot project that pays a fixed price for health services by multiple providers over a period of time. -
On-again, off-again ICD-10 is on again
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CMS keeps raising the stakes on quality improvement
A significant portion of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2015 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule focuses on quality and raises the percentage of the Medicare base payment hospitals can lose if they perform poorly. -
IPPS doesn’t change two-midnight rule
Although the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) asked for suggestions on alternative methods of identifying and paying for short hospital stays, the agency did not clarify the two-midnight rule in the Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule for 2015. -
Program helps at-risk patients stay healthy
At Carolinas HealthCare System, an Advanced Illness Management (AIM) team targets patients with multiple health issues and frequent hospitalizations and emergency department visits.