Long-Term Care

Medicare: No hospital reimbursement for pressure ulcers

Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, August 23, 2007

Hospitals will no longer receive Medicare reimbursement for eight preventable infections after October 2008, said CMS in a press release. According to CMS officials, the move is a cost-cutting measure, and its list of conditions includes pressure ulcers. Other conditions include falls, urinary tract and vascular infections stemming from improper catheter use, objects left in the body during surgery, blood incompatibility, and mediastinitis after heart surgery, according to the New York Times.

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