Many hospital patients will tell you they didn’t really feel safe until they were discharged from care. And now Medicare is on the case. As reports of in-hospital infections, sepsis and complications from treatment grow, Medicare is holding health organizations accountable for their performance in this area.
In its latest report on the largest hospital safety offenders, Medicare counted 758 hospitals on its list of miscreants. Medicare reduces its payments to these organizations, so it’s no small matter. And despite several years of this punitive treatment of treatment centers, more hospitals were on this list this year than last, when 721 were punished.
The payment reduction doesn’t seem like much on the face of it: 1 percent for those on this list. But it adds up. Overall, those being “fined” will lose $364 million.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
