@article{8295, author = {Richard E. Averill and John S. Hughes and Norbert I. Goldfield and Elizabeth C. McCullough}, title = {Hospital complications: linking payment reduction to preventability.}, abstract = {

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policy of denying payment for certain in-hospital complications should be modified, given that complications are not always preventable.

}, year = {2009}, journal = {Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf}, volume = {35}, pages = {283-5}, month = {05/2009}, issn = {1553-7250}, language = {eng}, }