Becker's Healthcare August 7, 2024
CMS will add seven new measures to its hospital inpatient quality reporting program as part of its Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule released Aug. 1.
The measuresare:
- Patient safety structural measure
- Age-friendly hospital measure
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infection standardized infection radio statified for oncology locations
- Central line associated bloodstream infection standarized infection ratio startified for oncology locations
- Hospital harm-falls with injury
- Hospital harm-postoperative respiratory failure
- 30-day risk-standardized death rate among surgical inpatients with complications.
The patient safety measure will take effect in 2025, while the remaining six will begin in 2026.
The patient safety structural measure assess whether hospitals have a structure and culture that prioritize safety through five domains: leadership committed to eliminating preventable harm;...
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