De media uit de VS berichten ons over het volgende… als je als arts een fout (al da niet fataal) maakt krijg je geen geld vor de behandeling. Dit is een afspraak van verzekeraars in de staat Massachusetts. Wanneer gaat dit in Nederland gebeuren? De macht van de verzekeraar is nu al erg groot…

uit de VS media:
The drumbeat to stop paying for medical mistakes grew louder yesterday, as Massachusetts’ biggest insurer and the state itself both said they’d no longer reimburse doctors and hospitals for 28 medical errors.

The errors are listed at the bottom of this press release. Hospitals won’t be able to bill for operating on the wrong body part. Nor will they be reimbursed when a medication error results in serious harm or death, or when a line for oxygen or another gas is contaminated or contains the wrong gas.

The list was adopted by both Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and by several state agencies that provide or subsidize insurance for the poor and government employees, among others. In total, about 4 million people are affected, the Boston Globe reports.

Bron: WSjournal