title: Letter to the editor regarding: the effectiveness of medicare's non-payment of hospital-acquired conditions policy.
authors.affiliation: Health Watch USA, Somerset, KY, USA. Electronic address: healthwatchusa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kevin T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Kavanagh
mesh_terms: D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000191:economics*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000191:economics*
keywords: CAUTI; Catheter associated urinary infections; HAC; Hospital acquired conditions; Medicare; Nonpayment of HAC; VBP; Value based payments