" suggest Ravi Rajaram, MD, from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and colleagues, in discussing how to interpret their findings. "Alternatively, the HAC Reduction Program may not accurately measure
Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program The HAC Reduction Program aims to reduce the number of conditions patients experience during their hospital stay, including pressure sores, hip fractures, postoperative respiratory failure, and postoperative sepsis. Hospitals that fall in the lowest-...
The article presents the fiscal year 2015 information for eligible hospitals in the Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It discusses components of hospital ratings including Central-line associated bloodstream infections, Catheter-associated...
effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2022, so long as the program in its entirety is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, regardless of the specialty, it may qualify as an RTT as long as 50% of the training is in a rural ...
programs that would allow CMS to suppress the use of measure data if COVID-19 has impacted measure performance. The policy would apply to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program, and Hospital Value-Based Purchasi...
CMS reducing pay for HAC.(Washington report)(The Deficit Reduction Act )(Report)Colker, Pam Tayon