More Than 750 Hospitals Face Medicare Crackdown On Patient Injuries

By Jordan Rau  |  KHN Staff Writer  |  Jun 22, 2014

“The sanctions, estimated to total $330 million over a year, kick in at a time when most infections measured in hospitals are on the decline, but still too common. In 2012, one out of every eight patients nationally suffered a potentially avoidable complication during a hospital stay, the government estimates. Even infections that are waning are not decreasing fast enough to meet targets set by the government. Meanwhile new strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are making infections much harder to cure.”  Read more