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What is Present on Admission Guidelines about?
This document discusses present on admission (POA) conditions and hospital acquired conditions (HACs) designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). For discharges on or after October 1, 2008, hospitals will not receive additional Medicare payments for cases where one of the selected HACs was not present on admission. Physicians must document whether diagnoses were present at admission using a POA indicator, which will allow CMS to identify reasonably preventable HACs. It is important f
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- TPLathrop
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