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Joel V. Brill, MD, AGAF, CHCQM, CME Chair for ABQAURP, notes, "Only in health care, do we continue to pay based on quantity. We don't question whether they are the right services provided to the right person in the right amount in the appropriate setting at the right time. We just pay. And why we should continue to pay more for hospital acquired complications that are largely preventable defies logic."

CMS has indicated they intend to partner with hospitals and other health care organizations in efforts to further address the persistence of "never events." For more information, please visit: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=1863 . To this end, ABQAURP continues its mission to improve the overall quality of health care provided to the public.

Register for the accredited CME Certificate Course at: http://www.abqaurp.org/course.asp . Course fees: Diplomate $239, Member $299, Non-Member $349.

For 30 years, the American Board of Quality Assurance & Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP) has been at the nation's forefront in promoting Health Care Quality Management and Patient Safety through education and certification. ABQAURP, a non-profit education and certification board established in 1977, is the nation's largest organization of interdisciplinary health care professionals. ABQAURP is accredited by the ACCME as a provider of Continuing Medical Education. Please visit http://www.abqaurp.org for more information.