Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) Section 5001(c) of Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requires the Secretary to identify conditions that are: (a) high cost or high volume or both, (b) result in the assignment of a case to a DRG that has a higher payment when present as a secondary diagnosis, and (c) could reasonably have been prevented […]
Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC)
Section 5001(c) of Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requires the Secretary to identify conditions that a