Health - Google News: Hospitals Are Penalized For Some Common Hospital Acquired Infections - Medical News Today

Health - Google News Google News

Hospitals Are Penalized For Some Common Hospital Acquired Infections - Medical News Today Sep 6th 2012, 07:18 University of Michigan Health System News Hospitals Are Penalized For Some Common Hospital Acquired Infections Medical News Today A study by the University of Michigan shows a Medicare policy that withholds excess payments for catheter-associated urinary tract infections during hospital stays, seldom changes payments. In 2008, this Medicare policy, aimed at cutting costs and ... Medicare reimbursement incentive less than effectiveChicago Tribune Hospital-acquired UTIs rarely reported in data used to implement penaltiesMedical Xpress Hospital-acquired infections rarely reportedFierceHealthcare all 17 news articles »

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions

Posted in: