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AHRQ: HACs declined 17% from 2010 to 2014

Hospitals are making “substantial progress in improving safety,” according to a new report fr
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CMS alerts hospitals to error in HAC hospital-specific reports

The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services today
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Reminder: Sept. 30 deadline for FY 2017 HAC review and corrections period

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is conducting through Sept.
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AHA's HRET, others receive contracts to continue HAC, readmissions progress

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today awarded $347 million
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AHA's HRET, others receive contracts to continue HAC, readmissions progress

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept.
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What the HAC is going on?

The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, or HAC program, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS), is broken.
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Study: Penalties in HAC program influenced by number of cases, bed size

Performance in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Hospital-acquired Conditions Reduction Program is heavily influenced by hospital size, according to a
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CDC: Hospitals making progress in effort to eliminate infections

Hospitals reduced central-line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) and surgical site infections by 46% and 19%, respectively, between 2008 and 2013, according to the latest annual report on
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AHRQ issues HRET-developed toolkit to prevent dialysis-related infections

A new toolkit developed by AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality provides practical, science-based resources to help dialysis ce
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Study estimates C. difficile infections in 2011

An estimated 453,000 C.