Hospital Acquired Conditions

HAC Reduction Program Penalizes Safety-Net Hospitals At Higher Rates

February 21, 2024 - Despite recent methodology changes, teaching and safety-net hospitals continue to be more frequently penalized in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP), a study published in JAMA Network Open found. All acute care hospitals participating in the CMS inpatient prospective payment systems, except those in Maryland, must participate...

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Private Equity Acquisition Tied to More Hospital-Acquired Conditions

by Victoria Bailey

Private equity acquisition of hospitals was associated with an increase in hospital-acquired conditions, including falls and central line-associated bloodstream infections, a study published in JAMA...

764 Hospitals Face Value-Based Penalties Under HAC Reduction Program

by Victoria Bailey

More than 700 hospitals will face value-based penalties in fiscal year 2022 after underperforming in Medicare’s Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program, according to an Advisory Board...

Costs of Hospital-Associated Sepsis Increased 20% Since 2015

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Hospitals are making strides with reducing hospital-associated sepsis, but the average costs of the cases have increased by over 20 percent since 2015, a new Premier analysis revealed. In the new...

Reducing the Rate of Hospital-Acquired Conditions Saved $7.7B

by Jacqueline LaPointe

A significant reduction in hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) saved providers $7.7 billion in hospital costs since 2014, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently reported. New...

NJ Quality Improvement Model Lowers Healthcare Costs by $641M

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Hospitals in New Jersey reduced healthcare costs by over $641 million between 2012 and 2016 after implementing a statewide quality improvement initiative, the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA)...

Does Hospital Size Impact Value-Based Penalties in CMS Program?

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Value-based penalties in the Medicare Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program are disproportionately affected by a participating hospital’s bed size and number of cases, a recent American...

Through Improvement Network, VHHA Saves $90M by Reducing HACs

by Ryan Mcaskill

Hospital-acquired condition rates are a struggle for every hospital, but can be overcome with focus and training. Every medical facility deals with the possibility of a hospital-acquired condition...

721 Hospitals Penalized for Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate

by Ryan Mcaskill

14 percent of hospitals are penalized $373M by CMS because of unacceptable rates of Hospital-Acquired Condition. A report was released at the beginning of the month by the Department of Health and...

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