The educational resources listed on this web page are designed to promote and increase national awareness of CMS' Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) and Present on the Admission (POA) Indicator Reporting policy.

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Proposed Rule

On April 14, 2008, the IPPS FY 2009 Proposed Rule was posted to the CMS web site.  The IPPS FY 2009 Proposed Rule presents 9 candidate conditions for consideration, and proposes an approach for applying the various POA Indicator reporting options to Medicare payment for the selected conditions (the IPPS FY 2009 Proposed Rule is available in the Statute/Regulations/Program Instructions section, accessible through the navigation menu at left).

CMS has also created a press released and fact sheets addressing the IPPS FY 2009 Proposed Rule content.  The press release and fact sheets are available in the Statute/Regulations/Program Instructions section, accessible through the navigation menu at left.

In the IPPS FY 2008 final rule, CMS selected 8 conditions that met the statutory selection criteria (the IPPS FY 2008 Final Rule is available in the Statute/Regulations/Program Instructions section, accessible through the navigation menu at left).

Payment implications will begin October 1, 2008, for these 8 conditions and any of the 9 candidate conditions that are selected in the IPPS FY 2009 final rule.

You are encouraged to submit comments regarding the HAC section of the IPPS FY 2009 Proposed Rule.  The comment period ends June 13, 2008.  Instructions for submitting comments are available in the Statute/Regulations/Program Instructions section, accessible through the navigation menu at left.

On July 20, 2007, Change Request (CR) 5679 – Present on Admission Indicator was released.  This CR instructs on correct POA Indicator reporting options.  The CR is available in the Statute/Regulations/Program Instructions section, accessible through the navigation menu at left.

HAC & POA Listening Session

On December 17, 2007, CMS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a jointly-sponsored Listening Session on HAC & POA.  Additional information is available in the Downloads section below, including:  (1) agenda, (2) presentation slides, (3) audio-file, (4) transcripts, and (5) Federal Register Notice.

Downloads
HAC & POA Listening Session Presentation 12-17-2007 [PDF 257KB] HAC & POA Listening Session Agenda [PDF 40KB] HAC & POA Listening Session Transcript - AM Session 12-17-07 [ZIP 18MB] HAC & POA Listening Session Transcript - PM Session 12-17-07 [ZIP 12MB] Federal Register Notice  [PDF 53KB]
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