Anthem plans to stop paying for preventable mistakes

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shiled announced its plans to stop paying for eleven preventable mistakes by the end of this year (Source: "Anthem won't cover wrong procedures or fixes," Dayton Daily News, April 3, 2008).  The eleven mistakes are those identified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Quality Forum.   According to Anthem's plans, it will not pay anything for three surgery errors and only the normal payment for error-free medical care for eight other medical mistakes.