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One third of U.S. healthcare costs are due to by errors, poor communication

October 28, 2009 — 3:12pm ET | By Wendy Johnson
The U.S. healthcare system wastes up to $850 billion annually--one third of the entire nation's healthcare costs--due to administrative inefficiency, unnecessary treatment, medical errors, fraud and... Read more...

NY Medicaid will stop paying for 'never events'

June 11, 2008 — 6:59am ET
New York's Medicaid program has decided to stop reimbursing for avoidable hospital complications and medical errors it considers to be "never events." Starting in October, it won't pay for care... Read more...