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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Home > News > July, 2009

CMS Makes It Official: It Won’t Pay for Surgical Errors

New NCDs posted on the Web.

Published: July 1, 2009
Categories: News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) on its Web site that state that the agency won’t pay for wrong-site, wrong patient and wrong-procedure surgery.

Dan O’Connor

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