Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Endoscope-Associated Infections
Healthcare Quality, Safety
Healthcare-Acquired Infections
Medicare's HAC Reduction Program
A Proposal to Include ‘Endoscope-Associated Infections’ as a Reportable Medicare Measure to Promote Patient Safety
This article respectfully proposes, consistent with established precedents, that CMS consider including endoscope-associated infections as an additional reportable measure to help the agency further its goal to prevent patient harms…