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Steve, Thanks for the update; I’ll be sure to track this month’s postings closely. My understanding is that the term ‘never events’ was chosen to emphasize the fact that these errors are never sup...
Bad Medicine: Illinois Insurer Refuses to Pay for ‘Never Events’
Nick Avgerinos | August 08, 2008 10:42 AMChicago-Land, IL
Bob, Thanks for the comment. Your analogy is right on point. You might be interested in reading my recent post, Worker Wellness: Offensive Approach to Safety Proves Worthwhile for Employers, where...
Bad Medicine: Illinois Insurer Refuses to Pay for ‘Never Events’
nja@capronlaw.com | August 08, 2008 10:40 AMChicago-Land, IL
Susan, I appreciate your concern. The healthcare system and the insurance industry often create policies that seem unfair to the people who need them most. Perhaps you can elaborate as to how this...
Bad Medicine: Illinois Insurer Refuses to Pay for ‘Never Events’
Nick Avgerinos | August 08, 2008 10:21 AMChicago-Land, IL
Nick: This is a very interesting subject. As you know this month on IB we are covering wrong-site, wrong-procedure and wrong-patient surgical errors. Our office, Lombardi Law Firm, has begun what sho...
Bad Medicine: Illinois Insurer Refuses to Pay for ‘Never Events’
Steve Lombardi | August 08, 2008 7:50 AMChicago-Land, IL
been saying it for 30 years...why pay for something that did not fix the problem or the fix caused more trouble? medical practitioners claim themselves well educated, trained, sacrificing etc. mechan...
Bad Medicine: Illinois Insurer Refuses to Pay for ‘Never Events’
bob | August 07, 2008 9:09 PMChicago-Land, IL
Diabetics with difficult-to-control blood sugar face discrimination from rules like this. Sick diabetics are far more likely to exhibit wildly fluctuating blood glucose levels. Add to that a diabetic...
Bad Medicine: Illinois Insurer Refuses to Pay for ‘Never Events’
Susan | August 07, 2008 8:43 PMChicago-Land, IL
What stops the hospital from just billing the patient directly anyway, even though they made a mistake.
Bad Medicine: Illinois Insurer Refuses to Pay for ‘Never Events’
Leah | August 07, 2008 4:42 PMChicago-Land, IL
Nick-- 2 things the patient wants to hear are I'm sorry & we'll make it right by you. An Illinois Bar Journal Article in recent years back noted Rush-Presbyterian-St.Lukes Hospital had adopted an "I'...
Slice of Humble Pie: Doctors may get Cash Bonus for an Apology
Brad Bleakney | June 11, 2008 12:19 AMChicago-Land, IL
Nick-- 2 things the patient wants to hear are I'm sorry & we'll make it right by you. An Illinois Bar Journal Article in recent years back noted Rush-Presbyterian-St.Lukes Hospital had adopted an "I'...
Slice of Humble Pie: Doctors may get Cash Bonus for an Apology
Brad Bleakney | June 11, 2008 12:19 AMChicago-Land, IL
Nick -- Good post. I'm particularly interested in the "I'm Sorry" movement because I understand an "I'm Sorry" bill will be introduced in our next legislative session. It will be interesting to ...
Slice of Humble Pie: Doctors may get Cash Bonus for an Apology
Brooks Schuelke | May 28, 2008 5:34 PMChicago-Land, IL

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