A coming change in Medicare and Medicaid regulations may boost malpractice claims over hospital-acquired infections, injuries, objects left in surgery and pressure ulcers, according to a brokerage.
Those items account for one out of every six claims, according to an announcement from Chicago-based Aon.
The brokerage said those figures were part of the 2008 Hospital Professional Liability and Physician Liability Benchmark Analysis in conjunction with the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management.
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