title: Hospital associations put nix on billing for 'never events'.
abstract: Hospitals, associations agree that the policy is 'the right thing to do'. CMS announcement it would not reimburse for specified errors may have impacted timing of policies. Not paying for adverse events likely a trend to spread to other states.
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards*; D006291:Health Policy; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D008910:Minnesota; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States