Connecticut Hospitals Cited For Infant Injuries, Wrong Site Surgeries, Dusty Operating Rooms
Connecticut Hospitals Cited For Infant Injuries, Wrong Site Surgeries, Dusty Operating Rooms
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Medicare Penalizes 26 Connecticut Hospitals For High Readmission Rates
By C-HIT Staff Recommend Tweet Email Print More Twenty-six Connecticut hospitals will lose some of their Medicare reimbursement payments over the next year as penalties for having too many readmitted patients, new data from the…
Financially Challenged But Fierce, Griffin Hospital Innovates Its Way Through Pandemic
Financially Challenged But Fierce, Griffin Hospital Innovates Its Way Through Pandemic
Medicare Penalizes Hospitals For High Readmission Rates
By Cara Rosner Most Connecticut hospitals will lose some of their Medicare reimbursement payments over the next year as penalties for having too many readmitted patients, according to new data from the Centers for Medicare…
14 Hospitals Penalized For High Infection Rates, Injuries
By Cara Rosner Fourteen Connecticut hospitals are being penalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), losing 1% of their Medicare reimbursements this fiscal year for having high rates of hospital-acquired infections and…
Hospital Errors Rose 7% In 2018
By Cara Rosner The number of “adverse events” occurring at Connecticut hospitals rose 7% in 2018, compared with the previous year, with a growing number of patients suffering serious injury or death associated with falls,…
Inspection Reports: Hospitals Cited For Testing Error That Resulted In Unnecessary Surgery, Patient Deaths, Failure To Investigate Complaint Of Patient Abuse
By Cara Rosner A hysterectomy performed on a patient based on a faulty test result, and the death of two patients after failing to receive necessary monitoring or medication, failure to immediately investigate a complaint…
26 Hospitals Penalized By Medicare For High Readmission Rates
By Cara Rosner Most Connecticut hospitals will lose a percentage of their Medicare reimbursement payments over the next year as penalties for having high rates of readmitted patients, according to new data from the Centers…
Hospitals Cited For Fatal Errors, Child Abduction And Sexual Assault
By Cara Rosner A mother died a day after childbirth, a patient suffered a brain injury following thyroid gland surgery and died, a child abduction, and a sexual assault involving two patients were among the…
Feds Fine, Sanction Bridgeport Hospital Following Errors In Testing Specimens
By Cara Rosner 4 hours ago RecommendTweet EmailPrintMore CTPost.com Photo. Bridgeport Hospital paid a $150,000 fine to CMS earlier this year. Bridgeport Hospital has been sanctioned and fined $150,000 by the Centers for Medicare &…
Medicare Cuts Payments To 15 Hospitals For High Infection Rates, Injuries By Cara Rosner e Fifteen Connecticut hospitals will lose 1 percent of their Medicare reimbursements this fiscal year as penalties for having relatively high…
Stamford Hospital Fined $55,000 For Operating Blood Draw Facility Without Approval By Cara Rosner Stamford Hospital has been fined $55,000 by the state for allowing a phlebotomist to draw blood at a Southington facility before…
14 Connecticut Hospitals Penalized For Infection Rates, Injuries
By Cara Rosner Nearly half of Connecticut hospitals – 14 out of 31 – will lose a portion of their Medicare payments in 2017 as a penalty for having too many patients who acquired preventable…
Medical Errors Decline In Connecticut By 3 Percent In 2015
By Cara Rosne Connecticut hospitals reported increases in patient deaths or serious injuries due to falls and medication errors in 2015 compared to 2014, but an overall drop in “adverse events,” according to a new…
Health Insurance Open Enrollment Brings Fewer Options, Higher Premiums In Connecticut
By Cara Rosner Consumers can begin shopping for 2017 health insurance through Access Health CT (AHCT) starting Nov. 1, but they will encounter fewer options and steeper prices than in previous years. Now in its…
Judge To Rule On Claims In Suit Alleging Tainted Probiotic Killed Connecticut Infant
By Gary Stoller A Superior Court judge is expected to decide by year’s end whether to limit the allegations in a lawsuit filed by the estate of a newborn, Calvin Jimmy Lee-White, who died after…
Connecticut’s Latest Hospital Inspection Reports Available On C-HIT
By Cara Rosner Several patient deaths, including the death of a newborn who was given an overdose of medication, were among various violations found at Connecticut hospitals, according to newly released inspection reports from state…
Connecticut Hospitals Wake Up To The Need For Sleep
By Karen Weintraub Clattering carts, overly bright lights and frequent disruptions make hospitals a tough place to get a good night’s sleep.But now, hospitals across Connecticut are launching efforts to help patients sleep longer and…
Acute Drug Shortages Forcing Workarounds In Hospitals
By Cara Rosner In hospitals across Connecticut and nationwide, workarounds to compensate for medication shortages are daily routines for treating patients – and health experts say it’s not about to change any time soon. Some…
18 Ct Hospitals Penalized For High Infection Rates
By Lisa Chedekel Eighteen Connecticut hospitals will lose 1 percent of their Medicare payments in 2016 as a penalty for comparatively high rates of avoidable infections and other complications, such as pressure sores and post-operative…