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Not paying for catheter-associated urinary tract infections: more difficult than it seems

dc.contributor.authorClark, Robin E.
dc.contributor.authorClements, Karen M.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:08:36.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T16:00:43Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T16:00:43Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-01
dc.date.submitted2016-04-11
dc.identifier.citationMed Care. 2014 Jun;52(6):479-81. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000139. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000139">Link to article on publisher's site</a>
dc.identifier.issn0025-7079 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/MLR.0000000000000139
dc.identifier.pmid24824534
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30948
dc.description.abstractPolicy interventions that attempt to influence patient care can be hard to implement and their desired outcomes can be slow to achieve. The efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reduce preventable infections by withholding payment for additional expenses related to catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) illustrate this challenge clearly.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=24824534&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a>
dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000139
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectAged, 80 and over
dc.subjectCatheter-Related Infections
dc.subjectCost Savings
dc.subjectCross Infection
dc.subjectHospital Costs
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInsurance, Health, Reimbursement
dc.subjectLength of Stay
dc.subjectMedicare Assignment
dc.subjectMedicare Part A
dc.subjectQuality Improvement
dc.subjectReimbursement, Incentive
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectUrinary Tract Infections
dc.subjectCommunity Health and Preventive Medicine
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectPreventive Medicine
dc.subjectPrimary Care
dc.titleNot paying for catheter-associated urinary tract infections: more difficult than it seems
dc.typeEditorial
dc.source.journaltitleMedical care
dc.source.volume52
dc.source.issue6
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/fmch_articles/281
dc.identifier.contextkey8460833
html.description.abstract<p>Policy interventions that attempt to influence patient care can be hard to implement and their desired outcomes can be slow to achieve. The efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reduce preventable infections by withholding payment for additional expenses related to catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) illustrate this challenge clearly.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathfmch_articles/281
dc.contributor.departmentCenter for Health Policy and Research
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health
dc.source.pages479-81


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