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Hospitals Feeling the Squeeze

June 26th, 2014 by flanews

Preventable patient injuries and infections are going to start costing hospitals. As Matt Galka tells us, Florida will have its share of medical centers on the hook for penalties under the affordable care act.

Even though the Affordable Care Act has been strongly opposed by the Governor since its inception, and strongly supported by Medicaid expansion advocates. Obamacare isn’t going anywhere for now.  This fall new, a new patient safety penalty sanction will be laid down on hospitals across the country – and, potentially, more than 30 in Florida.

“The differences between these hospitals and those that are not named, you know, can be very insignificant,” said Bill Bell, General Counsel for the Florida Hospital Association.

The Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction program will reduce Medicare payments for hospitals with the worst patient injury rates.  The injuries being measured include infections, falls, and blood clots.

“We would say that the hospitals basic mission is to improve patient care. They’ve already been working on that and this is one of the best times to be a patient in healthcare today,” said Bell.

The federal program will penalize the hospitals in the country that scored in the bottom 25% for patient safety.

A report from the federal Department of Health and Human services says that patients have about a one in four chance of suffering a preventable injury at a hospital. The sanctions begin in October.

Hospitals are expected to be on the hook for more than 330 million dollars because of safety issues.

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