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Change in Medicare Payment Rules Disturbs Hospital Reps
Some attorneys representing hospitals and medical practitioners are up in arms over the federal government's new Medicare payment rules, which will soon stop paying hospitals for treatments necessitated by what federal authorities have deemed preventable injuries caused by caregiver errors. Some of these include bed sores, certain catheter-use injuries, injuries due to wrong blood type administration, and in-hospital falls. Defense attorneys say the new payment rules unfairly penalize hospitals for unavoidable injuries to patients. 'The definition of preventable injuries is up in the air at this point,' said Sean Dwyer, a litigator with New York's Havkins Rosenfeld Ritzert & Varriale who defends hospitals and physicians in malpractice suits and regulatory matters. 'There are many instances ' especially when you're dealing with geriatric accidents ' where falls or bed sores aren't preventable.'
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