Main Category: Seniors / Aging
Also Included In: Public Health; Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP
Article Date: 31 Oct 2011 – 1:00 PDT
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In 2008, as part of a larger initiative aimed at reducing preventable hospital errors and lowering costs, Medicare stopped reimbursing for the treatment of injuries related to in-hospital falls.