Penalized for Patient Complications: 774 Hospitals Set to Lose Medicare Funding
Some of the country’s biggest hospitals and medical centers will lose Medicare funding due to high rates of infection and preventable patient complications, according to the federal government. The facilities are being cited for their lack of safety based on data collected between 2017 and 2019.
The U.S. healthcare system had a problem with infectious disease before the coronavirus was even on our radar, and 500,000 Americans have already died from COVID-19. As we mark this grim milestone, healthcare officials are reckoning with their facilities’ lack of infection control.
What do the Penalties Mean?
Those hospitals, which include several in Florida and some of the nation’s marquee medical centers, will lose 1% of their Medicare payments over 12 months.
Around the nation: AHA names new senior leader who will focus on health equity
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American Hospital Association (AHA) has created and filled a new senior leadership role to oversee AHA s health equity and inclusion strategies, in today s bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Illinois, Maryland, and Massachusetts.
Illinois: AHA has created and filled a new senior leadership role to oversee AHA s health equity and inclusion strategies. AHA has appointed Joy Lewis, who previously served as AHA s VP for strategic health planning, to the new role of SVP of health equity strategies. Lewis, who will also serve as executive director of AHA s