In his latest information bulletin (# 264), disability lawyer Steve Gold reviews this announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Below is the information bulletin. 



Medicare to stop paying nursing homes that injure elderly and disabled people.

On October 1, 2008 Medicare announced that it would stop paying hospitals for injuring patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services listed 10 "reasonably preventable" conditions for which it would no longer pay hospitals.

These "preventable" conditions included injuries from patients who fell in the hospital, catheter associated infections, stage 3 and 4 pressure ulcers (aka bed sores).