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| November 17, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Patriot-News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: David Wenner

Nov. 17--Pennsylvania hospitals Wednesday attacked the state agency that reports on hospital quality, demanding a public review of some of the agency's methods.

The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Healthcare Cost Containment Council also continued their dispute over how well hospitals are fulfilling a legal obligation to report infections to the council.

The council, known as PHC4, said Wednesday that 11,668 infections reported by the hospitals last year resulted in more than $1 billion in extra charges to Medicare and $372 million to Medicaid.

"The financial toll of potentially…

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