Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program

Description

Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program (HACRP) - In October 2014, CMS began reducing Medicare fee-for-service payments for subsection (d) hospitals that rank in the worst-performing quartile with respect to hospital-acquired condition (HAC) quality measures. Hospitals with a Total HAC Score above the 75th percentile of the Total HAC Score distribution will be subject to a 1-percent payment reduction. This table contains hospitals' measure and Total HAC scores. The Total HAC Score is calculated as the equally weighted average of hospitals' individual measure scores.

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21 Visit the original government dataset for complete information, documentation, and data access. https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/sites/default/files/resources/80b995af884889b0f424d8049bc69ac2_1745352307/FY_2025_HAC_Reduction_Program_Hospital.csv

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  • cms
  • hospital-acquired-conditions
  • payment-reduction
  • medicare-payments
  • quality-measures

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