Never events and perfection

Medicare is considering expanding their no-pay list to include partially preventable conditions like delirium and falls.

By doing this, it is holding doctors and hospitals to an impossible standard, that ironically may lead to the detriment of the patient:

Regulators are implementing a “pay for perfection” system that isn’t supported by science and ultimately may result in certain procedures not being done on high-risk patients.

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