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The Common Cold Added to Medicare's Never Events List

Posted on August 03, 2008

That's right folks. It's true.*Today, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) added the common cold to its ever-growing list of never events: Press Release, 3 Aug 2009: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today it is taking several actions to improve the quality of care in hospitals and reduce the number of never events -- preventable medical errors that result in serious consequences for the patient. Never events cause serious injury or death to beneficiaries and result in unnecessary costs to Medicare and Medicaid due to the need to treat the ...

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