How CMS Views Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals

Since October 1, 2008 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) classified pressure ulcers as a preventable Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) that will no longer be reimbursed by current insurance guidelines. In order to understand how this works, I first...

Optimizing a Hospital System to Prevent Pressure Ulcers

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), pressure ulcers are among the most common, expensive, and avoidable hospital-acquired complications.  Pressure ulcer prevention needs to be embedded within the day-to-day workflow of the healthcare...