Quality of Care Complaints
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You can file a quality of care complaint if you have a concern about or are not satisfied with the quality of your care or treatment. Some common examples of quality of care complaints include:
- Receiving the wrong medication in a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF)
- Receiving unnecessary surgery/diagnostic testing
- Receiving an overdose of medication
- Experiencing a delay in service
- Receiving inadequate care or treatment by a Medicare hospital or doctor
- Experiencing a change in condition that was overlooked and not treated
- Receiving a misdiagnosis
- Receiving inadequate discharge instructions
For Medicare Part A or Part B quality of care complaints (including hospital discharge notices), contact California's Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) online or by phone at 1-800-841-1602 or 1-800-881-5980 (TDD for the hearing impaired).
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Updated March 23, 2009