Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Patient Safety:

HOUSE BILL SEEKS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

The House March 12 overwhelmingly passed patient safety legislation virtually identical to a bill it overwhelmingly passed last year. Under H.R. 663, hospitals and other healthcare institutions would report medical errors and “near-misses” to public and/or private groups certified by the Department of Health and Human Services as “patient safety organizations.” PSOs would analyze the information and report back to [...]
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