Tag: CMS

Dr. Muscarella’s Responses, Proposals, and Recommendations to Medicare to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections

This post provides links to the responses, proposals, and recommendations by Lawrence F. Muscarella, Ph.D., submitted to The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to this agency's…

In Support of Patient Safety, Healthcare Access, and Medicare Payment for a Single-Use Bronchoscope Model

I conclude in my rebuttal that the additional supporting information and evidence I presented provide justification, at least vis-à-vis the prevalence of bronchoscope-related cross-infections due to ineffective reprocessing and other…