Monthly Archives: December 2010
OIG Reports 15,000 Deaths a Month From Human Error
The USA Today 11/16/10 posting opened with the headline: Hospital Care Fatal for Some Medicare Patients. The study found that from the Medicare population only, there are 134,000 adverse events in hospitals, every month. From those adverse events, mostly from human errors, 15,000 Medicare patients die in hospitals, every month. Continue reading
Date Stamps No Longer Accepted: Physicians Must Date Signatures
Date Stamps No Longer Accepted: Physicians Must Date Signatures Palmetto GBA recently received clarification from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in reference to physician signatures with stamped dates. CMS has clarified that physicians must sign and date … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare Reform, Medicare Fraud, Uncategorized
Tagged date stamps, physicians, signature
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