CMS proposes nine more IC conditions to reduced payment list
Briefings on Infection Control, July 1, 2008
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Is it possible to prevent all C. diff infections? How about all cases of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)? Experts will be weighing in on these questions in the next few months as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) determines whether to add these and seven other conditions to its existing list of preventable conditions. CMS won’t reimburse hospitals at a higher rate for costs related to those hospital-acquired conditions under changes to its inpatient prospective payment system for 2009.
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