Impact of the 2012 Medicaid Health Care–Acquired Conditions Policy on Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection and Vascular Catheter–Associated Infection Billing Rates

In July 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ceased hospital Medicaid reimbursements for certain health care–acquired conditions. Using billing data from 2008–2014, we found no impact of this policy on rates of 2 targeted conditions, vascular catheter–associated infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections, among Medicaid or non-Medicaid patients.