title: States' rights and wrongs. Hospitals and their state associations are trying to move their nonbilling policies for adverse events past the talking phase.
abstract: While hospitals across the country are pledging to stop billing for some medical errors, some believe the initiative is more public relations than anything else. The National Business Group on Health's Helen Darling, says the premise that hospitals are already leaving out payment requests "doesn't ring true."
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DerGurahian
mesh_terms: D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D017751:Safety Management / Q000191:economics; D012954:Societies, Hospital; D014481:United States