Chief Healthcare Executive August 3, 2022
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services dropped a plan to suppress some safety reporting after pressure from patient advocates. The Leapfrog Group cheered the move.
The federal government is going to publicly report on how hospitals are faring in terms of patient safety, but hospitals won’t face penalties for faring worse than their peers.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it would continue reporting on rates of complications from surgery, such as sepsis, and complications from medical care such as bed sores and falls. CMS will include the data in its star ratings. The CMS made the announcement as part of its final rule on Medicare payments to hospitals for the 2023 fiscal year.
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