Evaluation of the Present ‐on‐Admission Indicator among Hospitalized Fee‐for‐Service Medicare Patients with a Pressure Ulcer Diagnosis: Coding Patterns and Impact on Hospital‐Acquired Pressure Ulcer Rates

ConclusionsAs payers and health care organizations expand the use of quality measures, it is important to consider how the measures are implemented, coding revisions to improve measure validity, and the impact of patient exclusion criteria on provider performance evaluation.

Source: Health Services Research - January 26, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Lee Squitieri, Daniel A. Waxman, Carol M. Mangione, Debra Saliba, Clifford Y. Ko, Jack Needleman, David A. Ganz Tags: Research Article Source Type: research