Accuracy of quality measurement for the Hospital Acquired Conditions Reduction Program

The Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Hospital Acquired Conditions Reduction Program (HACRP) in 2013, which penalises the 25% of hospitals in USA with the highest rates of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs). CMS uses two domains to measure the incidence of conditions for this programme—the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Patient Safety Indicators (PSI-90) (Domain 1) and the National Healthcare Safety...