title: 'Never' land.
abstract: It's a whole new era for patient safety and payment. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says it will soon halt Medicare payments for treating eight so-called preventable medical errors, ranging from pressure ulcers to falls. Private insurers are likely to follow that lead and CMS is expected to expand its no-pay list, possibly to include moreof the National Quality Forum's 28 "never events." However, knowing whether patients have certain conditions upon admission can be tricky, requiring a slew of additional tests. And that's not all that worries hospitals.
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics*; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control