Serious Adverse Event and Hospital Acquired Illness
Defines Blue KC's non-reimbursement policy for serious adverse events (including CMS Hospital Acquired Conditions and NQF 'Never Events') for contracted providers; affects hospitals and ancillary providers across Blue KC lines of business.
Inpatient modifiers for never events (MX, MY, MZ) were added.
Update - additional information and link were added for Hospital Acquired conditions.
Blood draws are considered to be a part of the lab service and are not separately reimbursed.
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