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Mammography Regulation and Reimbursement Report (Single Article)

Ohio hospital forced to prove quality
December 2002

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When workers at a hospital in Medina, OH, produced addendum mammography reports based on the interpretation of past mammography films, they forgot one crucial thing: to send patients the results. The slipup cost Medina General Hospital a level-1 violation, according to an FDA representative from Ohio who inspected the site this summer. According to Medina’s policy, interpretation of mammograms is delayed for up to two weeks pending receipt of previous films. If, after two weeks, Medina has not received the previous films, the radiologists interpret the mammograms. It’s at t

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