The Leapfrog Group, a healthcare consumer safety watchdog group, has asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to revoke plans to end reporting on serious medical and surgical complications that occur in hospitals.
The 2023 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule contains within it a measure...National News
A November Office of Inspector General (OIG) report found that 46 percent of Medicare patients in Long-term-care hospitals (LTCH) experienced some type of harm during care. The OIG examined other post-acute settings such as skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and rehabilitation centers, but LTCHs had the highest overall...
