The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the release of two new educational products, the Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) Fact Sheet and the Present On Admission (POA) Indicator Reporting by Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals Fact Sheet. These fact sheets provide information on this quality of care initiative including the list of affected and exempt hospitals, the implementation timeline and a detailed chart on the category of conditions, as well as general reporting requirements and information on coding, documentation and claims.

The fact sheets are available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HospitalAcqCond/07_EducationalResources.asp, in the "Downloads" section of the Educational Resources web page on the CMS website.