Virginia Business Coalition on Health Issues Statement of Support for Hospital I... (3 under the name of the Hampton Roads He...)

Virginia Business Coalition on Health Issues Statement of Support for Hospital Improvement

Date:11/19/2008

3 under the name of the Hampton Roads Health Coalition. It has since expanded Virginiawide. VBCH is a member of the National Business Coalition on Health, is a Leapfrog Regional Rollout Leader and publicly reports hospital quality and patient safety data since 2003, compares data on nine health plans in Virginia through the eValue8 RFI Tool, offers a diabetes coaching program HealthMapRx(TM), engages in community quality improvement, education and communication, and wellness and health promotion. VBCH is a mixedmodel member coalition of stakeholder purchasers (employers) and providers, representing 300,000 employees and their dependents. For more information about VBCH, visit www.myVBCH.org or phone 757.552.0913.

Complete list of HospitalAcquired Conditions (HACs) included in CMS' nonpayment policy effective October 1, 2008:

-- Foreign Object Retained After Surgery

-- Air Embolism

-- Blood Incompatibility

-- Stage III and IV Pressure Ulcers

-- Falls and Trauma (fractures, dislocations, intracranial injuries, crushing injuries, burns)

-- CatheterAssociated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

-- Vascular CatheterAssociated Infection

-- Surgical Site InfectionMediastinitis after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)

-- Surgical Site Infection Following Certain Orthopedic Procedures

-- Surgical Site Infection Following Bariatric Surgery for Obesity

-- Certain glycemic controlrelated conditions, including diabetic ketoacidosis, nonketotic hyperosmolar coma, hypoglycemic coma, secondary diabetes with ketoacidosis, and secondary diabetes with hyperosmolarity

-- Deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism following total knee rep
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