This list is similar to existing practice with a twist. If a hospital admits neglience or neglience is demonstrated through a civil proceeding, Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance must be reimbursed. The legal term is subrogation. Neither government nor private insurers will initiate the proceedings. They essentially pile on the plaintiffs case, doing nothing to contribute to the case. However, they will take the plaintiffs judgment if the plaintiff does not include reimbursement.
This policy seems to be taking a more active role. Government will probably require more hospital reporting potentially increasing costs. In addition, government may decide to become the judge of these acts. Government can just refuse to pay making its own judgment. Most of the major cases are already handled through litigation and voluntary hospital settlements.
I see this policy primarily as a tool to stiff health care providers. Health care providers will in turn pass the added costs to consumers. I am not sure anyone can provide much evidence on many minor cases. Unfortunately, hospitals cannot eliminate all of these incidents. Some level of these incidents will still occur no matter the care taken.
Welcome to Obamacare! Please answer the questions from the health care police or go directly to jail.
already for profit hospitals are limiting who they will admit....
Once the government becomes involved, complications of all kinds arise. When the government stopped paying for infections that could have been prevented, then the infection rate went down. Why? Because there was no incentive previously for scrupulous attention to infection control since Uncle Sugar Daddy was footing the bill. So, government causes a problem and then creates more problems when it attempts to solve the problem it caused.
Government health care leads to overuse, rationing, higher prices, and worse care. It is the worst of all possible worlds.