The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will conduct a listening session on Dec. 17 as part of the selection of hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) and implementation of present-on-admission (POA) indicator reporting. The session is being held as a joint partnership between CMS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Hospitals, hospital associations, representatives of consumer purchasers, payers of healthcare services, and other interested parties are invited to attend and make comments in person or in writing. Although it will also be possible to listen to the session by teleconference, telephone participants will not be able to make verbal comments because of time constraints. Informal written comments will be accepted and should be sent by e-mail to hacpoa@cms.hhs.gov.
The listening session will be held on Monday, Dec. 17, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. The meeting will be held in the main auditorium of the central building of CMS, 7500 Security Blvd., Baltimore, Md. 21244-1850. Those interested in attending the meeting or listening by teleconference should register by Dec. 10. To complete the online registration, go to http://registration.intercall.com/go/cms2. Get more information.
