As part of a comprehensive push to improve patient safety through a reduction in hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule this summer that emphasizes adoption of current practice standards for hospitals’ infection control efforts. Hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAH) wishing to participate in Medicare and…
CMS Pushes Cuts in HAIs, Promotes Antibiotic Stewardship
by Glenn S. Demby | Sep 15, 2016 | CMS-nir, National Lab Reporter