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Are errors unreported?; Controversial HHS report faults HMO practices.(Department of Health and Human Services)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
Business Insurance, June, 2001 by Wojcik, Joanne
A new study that says health maintenance organizations are not reporting medical errors to the National Practitioner Data Bank may not be telling the whole story, industry experts say. While lambasting managed care for focusing on cost rather than quality, the report fails to acknowledge that other factors may be contributing to the deterioration of the nation's health care system, the experts point out.
The report by the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, released last month, said that from September 1990-when the data bank was launched-through September 1999, managed care organizations reported only 715 adverse actions, and that 84% of managed care organizations never reported a single adverse action. Adverse actions are...
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