Becker's Healthcare July 7, 2022
A July 7 Kaiser Health News report sheds more light on CMS’ rationale for its proposed plan to obscure hospital safety data from the public — a move that has been met with strong opposition from patient safety groups and other stakeholders.
CMS is proposing to suppress data reported by hospitals as part of a composite measure of 10 serious and potentially fatal care complications, including pressure ulcers, falls that break a hip, lung collapses, blood clots and postoperative sepsis.
CMS Chief Medical Officer Lee Fleisher, MD, said these metrics were not designed to account for how pandemic-related disruptions, such...
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