CMS Reimbursement Rules for “Never Events
As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure patients receive better care, the Center for Medicaid Services eliminated the long-standing presumption on its payment rules. Ideally, it was presumed that hospitals do everything possible to prevent complications during the treatment procedures for inpatients and that the taxpayer and individuals should solely bear costs when complications occurred (Milstein, 2009). In this context, the CMS announced that […]