Educational Resources

The educational resources on this webpage promote and increase national awareness of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) and Present on Admission (POA) Indicator Reporting policy.

HAC & POA Listening Session

On December 18, 2008, CMS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sponsored a Listening Session on Hospital-Acquired Conditions in the Inpatient Setting and Healthcare-Associated Conditions in the Hospital Outpatient Setting. Information from the session including:  (1) Federal Register Notice, (2) presentation (ZIP), (3) audio file, and (4) transcript (PDF).

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

The IPPS FY 2009 Final Rule and Change Request (CR) 6086 are available on the Statute/Regulations/Program Instructions page.

Public Reporting of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) HAC Measure Rates

CMS developed a "Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)" (FAQ) document that includes general information about public reporting, measure methodology, and calculation process for the measure rates of four conditions in the DRA HAC payment provision. CMS only reports these four DRA HAC measures on https://data.cms.gov/ for hospitals’ reference and quality improvement. CMS does not report these measures publicly as part of the DRA HAC payment provision or the HAC Reduction Program.