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US Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
APIC monitors and comments as appropriate on Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services regulations related to infection prevention and
control issues.
Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule
APIC
response to the CMS Proposed Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment
System (IPPS) Rule, Fiscal Year 2009 (6-11-08)
CMS
Proposed Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule,
Fiscal Year 2009, as published in the Federal Register (4-30-08)
APIC
response to the CMS Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient
Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2007 (6-11-07)
Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Rule
APIC
response to the CMS Proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment
Systems (OPPS) and Calendar Year 2009 rates (9-2-08)
CMS Proposed Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment
Systems (OPPS) as printed in the Federal Register (7-18-08)
Conditions of Participation (CoPS)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services develops
Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that health care organizations must
meet in order to begin and continue participating in the Medicare and
Medicaid programs. These minimum health and safety standards have been
developed to further improve patient quality and safety. The CoPs are
the minimum standards that must be met in order to be Medicare and
Medicaid certified.
Advance copy of the CMS Interpretive Guidelines
The final guidelines and survey procedures have been reorganized and
in a letter to CMS surveyors, these guidelines became effective November
21, 2007. Click here to access the document.
Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) and Present on Admission
(POA) Indicator
CMS Overview on
Hospital-Acquired Conditions and Present on Admission (POA) Indicator
Reporting
Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) Fact Sheet
Present on Admission (POA) Indicator Fact Sheet
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