• Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Jan 2016

    Impact of Hospital Operating Margin on Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Following Medicare's Hospital-Acquired Conditions Payment Policy.

    • Michael S Calderwood, Louise E Vaz, Tse KawaiAlisonA2Department of Population Medicine,Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute,Boston,Massachusetts., Robert Jin, Melisa D Rett, Patricia S Grant, and Grace M Lee.
    • 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Brigham and Women's Hospital,Boston,Massachusetts.
    • Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Jan 1; 37 (1): 100-3.

    AbstractIn October 2008, Medicare ceased additional payment for hospital-acquired conditions not present on admission. We evaluated the policy's differential impact in hospitals with high vs low operating margins. Medicare's payment policy may have had an impact on reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections in hospitals with low operating margins. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;37(1):100-103.

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