| Subject: | CMS Issues Three National Coverage Determinations Related to Preventable Surgical Errors |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Fri, 23 Jan 2009 - 06:00 am |
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have issued three National Coverage Determinations (NCD) in order to establish uniform national policies that will prevent CMS from paying for serious, preventable errors in medical care. The three NCDs are identified in the National Quality Forum's (NQF) list of serious reportable events and are:Wrong surgical or other invasive procedures performed on a patientSurgical or other invasive procedures performed on the wrong body... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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