CMS penalizes 758 hospitals for safety incidents

No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is penalizing 758 hospitals with higher rates of patient safety incidents, and more than half of those were also fined last year, as reported by Kaiser Health News (1). Among the hospitals...

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Main Author: Robbins RA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2015-12-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Subjects:
CMS
Online Access:http://www.swjpcc.com/editorial/2015/12/12/cms-penalizes-758-hospitals-for-safety-incidents.html