Never Events. Adverse events that are serious, largely preventable, and of concern to both the public and health care Providers for the purpose of public accountability as defined by the National Coverage Determinations (NCD) or the Division. The Never Events as defined in the NCD or the Division include ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) and practitioners as listed in the Mississippi State Plan.
Never Events. Never Events Threshold Method of Measurement Never Event Consequence (per occurrence) Applicability Applicable Service Category
Never Events. Each Contracted Provider shall use best efforts to comply with applicable state and federal reporting or other requirements relating to Never Events and/or Serious Adverse Events, as the applicable term is defined by the National Quality Forum or by state or federal law. Contracted Providers shall not xxxx, charge, collect a deposit from, seek compensation, remuneration or reimbursement from, or have any recourse against a Payor, Company or Covered Person for any charges associated with Never Events and/or Serious Adverse Events. To the extent a Contracted Provider receives any payment in connection with a Never Event or Serious Adverse Event, the Contracted Provider shall promptly refund such amount.
Never Events. Adverse events that are serious, largely preventable, and of concern to both the public and health care Providers for the purpose of public accountability as defined by the National Coverage Determinations (NCD). The Never Events as defined in the NCD include ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) and practitioners.
Never Events. In the event a "never event" occurs in connection with Participating Facility rendering services to a Customer, Participating Facility will take the then-current steps recommended by the Leapfrog Group. At present, these steps are set forth in the Leapfrog Group’s "Position Statement on Never Events" (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) and are as follows:
i) Apologize to the patient and/or family affected by the never event;
ii) Report the event to United and to at least one of the following agencies: The Joint Commission, as part of its Sentinel Events policy; state reporting program for medical errors; or a Patient Safety Organization (e.g. Maryland Patient Safety Center);
iii) Perform a root cause analysis, consistent with instructions from the chosen reporting agency; and
iv) Waive all costs directly related to the event. In order to waive such costs, Participating Facility will not submit a claim for such costs to United or Payer (except as required by an applicable Payment Policy) and will not seek or accept payment for such costs from the Customer or anyone acting on behalf of the Customer. For purposes of this section 1.6, a "never event" is an event included in the list "serious reportable events" published by the National Quality Forum (NQF), as the list may be updated from time to time by the NQF and adopted by Leapfrog.
Never Events. “Never Event” means errors in medical care that are clearly identifiable, preventable, and serious in their consequences for patients, as further defined by CMS or such other guidance issued by CMS. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, when any Never Event occurs with respect to a Covered Person, the Provider shall neither bill, nor seek to collect from, nor accept any payment from TrueCare or Covered Person for such events. If Provider receives any payment from TrueCare or Covered Person for a Never Event, it shall refund such payment to the person or entity making the payment within ten (10) business days of becoming aware of such receipt or TrueCare may offset amounts owed from future payments in accordance with Law. Further, Provider shall cooperate with TrueCare, to the extent reasonable, in any TrueCare initiative designed to help analyze and/or reduce Never Events.
Never Events. E. Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN)
Never Events. With effect from 1 February 2018, the heading ‘Never Events’ and Service Condition 36.28 is deleted and is replaced with ‘Intentionally omitted’. With effect from1 February 2018, Service Condition 36.34.1.2 is deleted and replaced by the following:
Never Events. In the event a "never event" occurs in connection with Facility rendering services to a Customer, Facility will take the then current steps recommended by the Leapfrog Group. At present, these steps are set forth in the Leapfrog Group’s "Position Statement on Never Events" (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx) and are as follows:
i) Apologize to the patient and/or family affected by the never event.
ii) Report the event to United and to at least one of the following agencies: The Joint Commission, as part of its Sentinel Events policy; state reporting program for medical errors; or a Patient Safety Organization (e.g. Maryland Patient Safety Center).
iii) Perform a root cause analysis, consistent with instructions from the chosen reporting agency.
iv) Waive all costs directly related to the event. In order to waive such costs, Facility will not submit a claim for such costs to United or Payer (except as required by an applicable Payment Policy) and will not seek or accept payment for such costs from the Customer or anyone acting on behalf of the Customer.
v) Interview patients and/or families who are willing and able, to gather evidence for the root cause analysis.
vi) Inform the patient and/or his/her family of the action(s) that Facility will take to prevent future recurrences of similar events based on the findings from the root cause analysis.
vii) Have a protocol in place to provide support for caregivers involved in never events, and make that protocol known to all caregivers and affiliated clinicians.
viii) Perform an annual review to ensure compliance with each element of Leapfrog's Never Events Policy for each never event that occurred.
ix) Make a copy of this policy available to patients upon request. For purposes of this section 4.15, a "never event" is an event included in the list of "serious reportable events" published by the National Quality Forum (NQF), as the list may be updated from time to time by the NQF and adopted by Leapfrog.
Never Events. Any incident identified as being on the core set of “Never Events” (see list below of “never events” Wrong site surgery Wrong implant/prosthesis Retained foreign object post-operation Wrongly prepared high-risk injectable medicine Maladministration of potassium-containing solutions Wrong administration of chemotherapy Wrong administration of oral/enteral treatment Intravenous administration of epidural medication Maladministration of Insulin Overdose of midazolam during conscious sedation Opioid overdose of opioid-naïve Patient Inappropriate administration of daily oral methotrexate SIcide using non-collapsible rails Escape of a transferred prisoner Falls from an unrestricted window Entrapment in bedrails Transfusion of ABO blood components Transplantation of ABO or HLA-incompatible organs Misplaced naso- or oro-gastric tubes Wrong gas administered Failure to monitor and respond to oxygen saturation Air embolism Misidentification of patients Severe scalding of patients Maternal death due to post partum haemorrhage after elect- ive caesarean section.
