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WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials on Monday proposed adding dangerous blood clots in the leg and eight other conditions to the list of complications that Medicare won't pay to treat if they were acquired at the hospital.
Medicare set a new precedent last year by saying it would no longer pay hospitals for treating certain "never events" — conditions that occur as a result of hospital error. For example, if a patient were given the wrong blood type, Medicare would not pay the hospital more for the subsequent care a patient required. Originally, eight conditions were covered under the new rules, which take effect Oct. 1.
The rules proposed Monday add nine conditions, including:
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