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High Cost Of Care: A Case Study

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As of 2008, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) identified falls as a Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC). HAC is a complication or comorbidity that occurs as a consequence of hospitalization and is high volume and/or high cost, and be reasonably prevented using evidence-based guidelines (Radey & LaBresh, 2012). The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services will no longer cover the cost of care as a consequence of an inpatient fall based on the presumption that falls are preventable by the organization (CMS,

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