“Never Events”: What to Know About Health Care Standards and Errors
On February 8, 2006, then-President George W. Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005. This piece of legislation included meaningful changes for Medicare and Medicaid that rippled into our modern health care system. Notably, the DRA authorized Medicare to refuse higher reimbursements to health care facilities for a variety of serious and preventable…
