Report: CMS Missing Many Hospital ‘Never Events’
HHS' Office of the Inspector General has released a report indicating that CMS' system to identify adverse events is missing many incidents, resulting in Medicare overpayments to hospitals. Federal law bars Medicare from reimbursing hospitals for treatment of 10 conditions arising from adverse events.
- "Harmful Event Detection Misses Problems, Results in Medicare Overpayments, Says OIG" (Clark, HealthLeaders Media, 3/4).