The Impact of the Medicaid Healthcare-Associated Condition Program on Mediastinitis Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

OBJECTIVEIn 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expanded a 2008 program that eliminated additional Medicare payment for mediastinitis following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) to include Medicaid. We aimed to evaluate the impact of this Medicaid program on mediastinitis rates re...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2018-06, Vol.39 (6), p.694-700
Hauptverfasser:	Hsu, Heather E, Kawai, Alison Tse, Wang, Rui, Jentzsch, Maximilian S, Rhee, Chanu, Horan, Kelly, Jin, Robert, Goldmann, Donald, Lee, Grace M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Coronary vessels Fines & penalties Government programs Health care Heart surgery Hospitals Infections Medicaid Medicare Patient safety Prospective payment systems Sensitivity analysis Surgeons Surveillance Trends
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