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Kansas Blue Cross won't reimburse for preventable errors
Kansas City Business Journal, July 24, 2008
Hospitals reporting complications from preventable medical errors will no longer be reimbursed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. This follows a similar rule recently adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Both rulings will go into effect October 1.
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