The Healthcare Economist poses the question “Should Medicare pay for these hospital-induced health care costs?” in this latest post.
The problem if Medicare implements a policy in which they do not pay for nosocomial infections is that doctors would report nearly all infections as community-acquired rather than hospital-acqiured. This in term would adversely affect the reporting of infections.
What are your thoughts? Should Medicare ultimately pay for hospital-acquired infections?
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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