Medicaid-Medicare Coordination of Provider Payment Policies; Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC's); Never Events
Guidance for : The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing this State Medicaid Director Letter to provide guidance related to coordination of State Medicaid payment policies with policies recently adopted by the Medicare program. This is needed when hospital providers bill for selected hospital-acquired conditions (HACs), including some conditions on the National Quality Forum�s (NQF) list of Serious Reportable Events (commonly referred to as �Never Events�).
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: July 31, 2008
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