Medicare Surgical Error Billing Policy Goes Into Effect Starting Oct. 5, hospitals will be required to submit two claims to Medicare when a surgical error is reported along with a covered service, ...

At the 20th Annual Spine, Orthopedic + Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, attendees were able to gain insight into the influence of human transcription errors on surgical scheduling. The ...

AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock wrote: “While the report found that payers (like Medicare and insurance companies) may pay more to cover patients who have experienced post-surgical ...

The Alabama Medical Licensure Commission has suspended the medical license of Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, the Destin surgeon accused of mistakenly removing an Alabama man’s liver instead of his spleen and ...

Two physicians from Connecticut have been reprimanded by the state Medical Examining Board due surgical errors, according to a New Haven Independent report. In late September, John Bonadies, MD, of ...

SGMC Health recognized Holly Turner, Lane Wainright, and Kris-Anne Harris as the latest recipients of the health system's ...

The most common drug class associated with registered nurse (RN) medication errors (ME) was cardiovascular drugs. These errors accounted for 24.7% of such preventable ...

True or false? A trip to the doctor’s is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse than ...

Maine Medical's nurses outperformed benchmarks in reduced surgical errors, workplace violence prevention, innovation, and more. Building a culture of patient safety and care helped Maine Medical ...