CMS releases final rule on Medicaid HCACs
HIM Connection, June 14, 2011
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Provider-preventable conditions (PPC), including health care-acquired conditions (HCAC), are now subject to payment adjustments under the Medicaid program, according to the final rule released by CMS June 1.
The rule, “Medicaid Program; Payment Adjustment for Provider-Preventable Conditions Including Health Care-Acquired Conditions,” implements provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring HHS to prohibit federal payment to states for specified HCACs, as well as additional conditions determined on a state-by-state basis.
Twenty-nine states “do not have existing HCAC-related nonpayment policies, according to the final rule. “Most of the 21 states that currently have HCAC-related nonpayment policies identify at least Medicare’s hospital-acquired conditions for nonpayment in hospitals. However, it is important to note that at least half of the existing policies we reviewed exceeded Medicare’s current HAC requirements and policies, either in the conditions identified, the systems used to indicate the conditions, or the settings to which the nonpayment policies applied.”
CMS introduces the term PPCs in the rule, which consists of two categories: HCACs and other provider preventable conditions (OPPC). OPPCs are additional conditions identified and approved by states that are not found on the list of HCACs, which are included on pages 20 and 21 of the final rule. This also allows states to expand beyond the inpatient hospital setting HCACs.
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