The cost of errors: Medicare's new policy could cost the average hospital $23,772: study.

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The cost of errors: Medicare's new policy could cost the average hospital $23,772: study.

June 25, 2008

Wilson L.

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This article discusses the potential systematic and financial repercussions of Medicare's new policy of not paying for certain hospital-acquired conditions.

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