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...
Recertification in Geriatric Medicine Completed
This past spring I completed requirements for recertification in Geriatric Medicine. The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) requires recertification every ten years, and this is my second recertification – marking twenty years since first passing the test...