The Impact of Non-Payment for Preventable Complications on Infection Rates in U.S. Hospitals

Grace Lee MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute; Dr. Ken Kleinman, Associate Professor of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute & Harvard Medical School; Dr. Stephen Soumerai, Professor of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute & Harvard Medical School; Dr. Alison Tse, Epidemiologist, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute; Mr. David Cole, Senior SAS Programmer/ Analyst, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute & Harvard Medical School; Dr. Scott Fridkin, Deputy Surveillance Branch Chief, Division of Healthcare Quality & Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Ms. Teresa Horan, Epidemiologist, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Richard Platt, Professor and Chair of the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute & Harvard Medical School; Ms. Charlene Gay, Project Manager, Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute; Dr. William Kassler, Chief Medical Officer, New England Regional Office, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Dr. Donald Goldmann, Senior Vice President, Institute of Healthcare Improvement; Dr. John Jernigan, Director, Office of HAI Prevention Research and Evaluation, Division of Healthcare Quality & Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Ashish Jha, C. Boyden Gray Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health