McKnight's May 13, 2022
Fully 25% of older American Medicare beneficiaries are at high risk of being harmed during acute care stays, according to findings released Thursday by a federal government watchdog.
Investigators with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General reviewed medical records of 770 patients discharged from hospitals in 2018. One in 4 of these adults was found to have temporary or lasting harm, including “adverse events” that either led to longer hospital stays or caused “permanent harm, death or that required life-saving intervention,” according to USA Today.
The OIG is pushing for Medicare’s pay-for-performance program to evaluate a wider array of hospital-related health complications. Hospitals do not currently face reduced payments for the vast majority...
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