Hospital-Acquired Conditions (Present on Admission Indicator): Affected Hospitals
Guidance for the Present on Admission (POA) Indicator requirement and the Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) payment.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: October 03, 2019
The Present on Admission (POA) Indicator requirement and Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) payment provision only apply to Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) Hospitals.
The following hospitals are exempt from reporting the POA Indicator and the HAC payment provision:
- Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
- Long-term Care Hospitals (LTCHs)
- Maryland Waiver Hospitals*
- Cancer Hospitals
- Children's Inpatient Facilities
- Religious Non-Medical Health Care Institutions
- Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
- Veterans Administration/Department of Defense Hospitals
*Maryland Waiver Hospitals must report the POA indicator on all claims.
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