13 Aug The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) addressed the never events that stop payment to facilities for preventable patient complication and injuries in 2008 (Cherry & Jacob, 2016).

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) addressed the never events that stop payment to facilities for preventable patient complication and injuries in 2008 (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). The preventable 10 categories of hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) includes foreign object retained after surgery, air embolism, blood incompatibility, stage III and stage IV pressure ulcer development, falls and trauma, manifestations of poor glycemic control, catheter-associated urinary tract infection (UTI), vascular catheter-associated infection, surgical site infection following and Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)/pulmonary embolism (PE) (Cherry & Jacob, 2016).

These new rules impact the nursing care and endue nurses a vital rule in the revenue of the facilities. In order to obtain the reimbursements, researchers have studies in how to prevent these events. Moreover, nursing leaders and managers of the organizations search the optimal approaches and strategies based on the research to avoid these events. The evidence-based practices have become the basis of the hospital protocols and policies. The changes make the patient care delivery model more reliable, quality and safe. “CMS payment policy offers an excellent opportunity to understand and influence the use of financial incentives for improving patient safety” (Stone et al., 2010). These rules reduce the morbidity and mortality of preventable HAC.

References

Cherry, B., & Jacob, S. R. (2016). Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management, 7th Edition. : Mosby. Vital Book file.

Stone, P. W., Glied, S. A., McNair, P. D, Mattes, N., Cohen, B., Landers, T. F., & Larson, E/ L. (2010). CMS Changes in Reimbursement for HAIs. Med Care, 48(5), 433-439. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2881841/.