title: Hospital complications: linking payment reduction to preventability.
abstract: The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policy of denying payment for certain in-hospital complications should be modified, given that complications are not always preventable.
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Economic Research, 3M Health Information Systems, Inc., Wallingford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Averill
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Norbert I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Goldfield
authors.forename: Elizabeth C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: McCullough
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States