CMS Report to Congress: Assessing the Feasibility of Extending the Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) IPPS Payment Policy to Non-IPPS Settings

December 1, 2012
In December 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released their PPACA-mandated report to Congress on the feasibility of extending the current case-based Medicare Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC) policy to non-IPPS (Inpatient Prospective Payment System) facilities, including inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs), other hospitals excluded from IPPS, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), and health clinics (specifically, RHCs and FQHCs). The report describes the HAC program, summarizes the findings of the study that RTI International conducted under a contract with the CMS, and . . .