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Medicare won’t pay for hospital-acquired injuries

Sunday, September 28, 2008

By James Schlett
Gazette Reporter

Starting this Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will cease paying hospitals for the extra care they have to provide to treat hospital-acquired conditions, such as falls, pressure ulcers and catheter-associated infections. Medical professionals in the region are already taking measures to reduce the number of HACs....

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