Medicare, the largest health insurance provider in the US, has ruled out that patients and insurance companies will no longer bear the cost of doctors’ medical errors. Th decisions was widely viewed as a strong role model for other insurance companies which begun to enact similar standards.
From another perspective: If a vehicle repair workshop in an engine repair accidentally damages the windshield of the car, the mechanic must pay for his mistake. The simple logic of the medical profession in the United States seems to be difficult to implement. The Federal health insurance (Medicare) has begun debating the logic in 2008. This logic applies to the field of medicine for hospitals in the United States to provide patients with health care services as a result of the process of patient harm caused by fault, Medicare will no longer be responsible to pay hospitals for the resulting additional medical expenses.
Medicare listed in the initial list of 10 referred to the “reasonable precautions”. If these events occur, it will not pay corresponding to the hospital. These events include: ABO blood transfusion; in some patients after surgery were infected; patients need to implement the second surgery, will be the first post-operative patients to remain in the sponge out. Severe bedsores, falls and injuries caused by catheter-induced urinary tract infections are also on the list.
Top health economists believe that the real benefit may come from health care to adjust the payment system to encourage the adoption of preventive measures and to the payment system for the management of chronic diseases and prevent unnecessary medical procedures. At present, the two major U.S. political parties support this kind of adjustment, understanding that consistency in today’s health-care fields surrounding the debate over the growing challenge of environment is quite rare.
This is the point where patients get high-quality health care to for what they pay, and pay less for medical errors. This trend has been elusive for the past decades.
Medicare has emphasized high-quality medical doctors and hospitals to provide incentives. It is being carried out experimental work, the reward in diabetes, coronary heart disease and congestive heart failure and other diseases treatment guidelines strictly abide by the doctor. The U.S. Congress as a body set up under the Medicare payment advisory committee recently recommended that the high rate of readmission to the hospital to reduce health care costs.
Some improvements could be through technical means such as electronic prescription system will help reduce medication errors by as much as 50% Some improvement has achieved remarkable breakthroughs such as washing hands and frequent sterilization of equipment. High-risk drugs (such as heparin) are to be affixed a pink label with a warning.
In response, the United States has at least 20 states that have passed laws requiring public hospitals to report medical errors and promote preventable infections. U.S. federal health insurance and the Center for Medicaid (CMS) now states that the non-observance of the 42 quality measures willl merit the patients and insurance companies a deduction of 2% of the medical compensation.