@article{8001,
  author = {Peter D. McNair and Harold S. Luft and Andrew B. Bindman},
  title = {Medicare's policy not to pay for treating hospital-acquired conditions: the impact.},
  abstract = {<p>In 2008 Medicare stopped reimbursing hospitals for treating eight avoidable hospital-acquired conditions. Using 2006 California data, we modeled the financial impact of this policy on six such conditions. Hospital-acquired conditions were present in 0.11 percent of acute inpatient Medicare discharges; only 3 percent of these were affected by the policy. Payment reductions were negligible (0.001 percent, or $0.1 million-equivalent to $1.1 million nationwide) and are unlikely to encourage providers to improve quality. Options to strengthen the incentives include further payment modifications for hospital-acquired conditions or expanding the hospital-acquired condition policy to exclude payment for consequences, additional procedures, and readmissions.</p>},
  year = {2009},
  journal = {Health Aff (Millwood)},
  volume = {28},
  pages = {1485-1493},
  month = {12/2009},
  issn = {1544-5208},
  doi = {10.1377/hlthaff.28.5.1485},
  language = {eng},
}