Hospitals Exempt from Present on Admission (POA) Reporting (i.e. non Inpatient Prospective Payment System or IPPS Hospitals) and the Affects on Grouper
Although POA reporting is not required for IPPS exempt hospitals, these claims still process through Grouper. As such, to ensure that Grouper does not apply the Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC) logic to these exempt hospitals, FISS will add an "X" to the End of POA prior to Grouper.
The "X" will instruct Grouper to not apply HAC logic.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: June 13, 2008
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