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NEVER EVENTS THAT ARE CAUSED ONLY BY CARELESSNESS

On July 31, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new Medicare and Medicaid payment and coverage policies to improve safety for hospitalized patients. The list of events below are NEVER EVENTS.

• Foreign Object Retained After Surgery
• Air Embolism
• Blood Incompatibility
• Pressure Ulcer Stages III & IV
• Falls and Trauma:
  • Fracture
  • Dislocation
  • Intracranial Injury
  • Crushing Injury
  • Burn
  • Electric Shock
• Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
• Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection
• Manifestations of Poor Glycemic Control

If you have been a victim of a “never event” call Larry Wall Trial Law at 316-265-6000 or contact us online for a free initial consultation.

The following events if they occur are considered Serious Reportable Adverse Events:

Current NQF Serious Reportable Adverse Events	CMS VBP Efforts
Surgical Events
Surgery on wrong body part	National Coverage Determination
Surgery on wrong patient	National Coverage Determination
Wrong surgery on a patient	National Coverage Determination
Foreign object left in patient after surgery	Hospital-Acquired Condition
Post-operative death in normal health patient
Implantation of wrong egg
Product or Device Events
Death/disability associated with use of contaminated drugs
Death/disability associated with use of device other than as intended
Death/disability associated with intravascular air embolism	Hospital-Acquired Condition
Patient Protection Events
Infant discharged to wrong person
Death/disability due to patient elopement
Patient suicide or attempted suicide resulting in disability
Care Management Events
Death/disability associated with medication error
Death/disability associated with incompatible blood	Hospital-Acquired Condition
Maternal death/disability with low risk delivery
Death/disability associated with hypoglycemia	Hospital-Acquired Condition
Death/disability associated with hyperbilirubinemia in neonates
Stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcers after admission	Hospital-Acquired Condition
Death/disability due to spinal manipulative therapy
Environment Events
Death/disability associated with electric shock	Hospital-Acquired Condition
Incident due to wrong oxygen or other gas
Death/disability associated with a burn incurred within facility	Hospital-Acquired Condition
Death/disability associated with a fall within facility	Hospital-Acquired Condition
Death/disability associated with use of restraints within facility

For more information, see: www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/