Does Nonpayment for Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Lead to Overtesting and Increased Antimicrobial Prescribing? | Zendy

Daniel J. Morgan | Zendy; Jennifer Meddings | Zendy; Sanjay Saint | Zendy; Ebbing Lautenbach | Zendy; Michelle Shardell | Zendy; Deverick J. Anderson | Zendy; Aaron M. Milstone | Zendy; Marci Drees | Zendy; Lisa Pineles | Zendy; Nasia Safdar | Zendy; Jason E. Bowling | Zendy; David K. Henderson | Zendy; Deborah S. Yokoe | Zendy; Anthony D. Harris | Zendy

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Does Nonpayment for Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Lead to Overtesting and Increased Antimicrobial Prescribing?

Author(s) -

Daniel J. Morgan,

Jennifer Meddings,

Sanjay Saint,

Ebbing Lautenbach,

Michelle Shardell,

Deverick J. Anderson,

Aaron M. Milstone,

Marci Drees,

Lisa Pineles,

Nasia Safdar,

Jason E. Bowling,

David K. Henderson,

Deborah S. Yokoe,

Anthony D. Harris

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis556

Subject(s) - medicine , urinary system , antimicrobial , intensive care medicine , catheter , antibiotics , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

On 1 October 2008, in an effort to stimulate efforts to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a policy of not reimbursing hospitals for hospital-acquired CAUTI. Since any urinary tract infection present on admission would not fall under this initiative, concerns have been raised that the policy may encourage more testing for and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria.

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