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The impact of the Medicaid healthcare-associated condition program on mediastinitis following coronary artery bypass graft.
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a program that eliminated additional Medicare payment for mediastinitis following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) to include Medicaid on mediastinitis rates reported by the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). It found that the 2012 Medicaid program to eliminate additional payments for mediastinitis following CABG had no impact on reported mediastinitis rates.
AHRQ-funded; HS025008; HS018414; HS000063.
Citation: Hsu HE, Kawai AT, Wang R .
The impact of the Medicaid healthcare-associated condition program on mediastinitis following coronary artery bypass graft.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018 Jun;39(6):694-700. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.69.
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Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Payment, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Patient Safety, Surgery