HAC

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HACHearing Aid Compatible
HACHill-Start Assist Control (automobiles)
HACHousing Assistance Council
HACHome Access Center
HACAcetic Acid
HACHierarchical Agglomerative Clustering
HACHierarchy and Content
HACHigh Availability Clustering
HACHill Start Assist Control
HACHonourable Artillery Company
HACHeritage Advisory Council (various organizations)
HACHealth Action in Crises (UN World Health Organization)
HACHarbour Arts Centre (UK)
HACHome Affairs Committee (UK)
HACHouse Appropriations Committee
HACHavre Athletic Club (Le Havre, France)
HACHeritage Advisory Committee (various locations)
HACHuntington Arts Council (Huntington, NY)
HACHealth Administration Center (US VA)
HACHouston Area Council (American Business Women's Association; Texas)
HACHawkesbury Agricultural College (Australia)
HACAcetaldehyde
HACHumanitarian Aid Commission
HACHaitian American Caucus
HACHospital Acquired Condition
HACHuman Artificial Chromosome
HACHearing Aid Council
HACHyperadrenocorticism
HACHonors and Awards Committee (various organizations)
HACHigh Alumina Cement
HACHousing Advice Centre (various locations)
HACHouston Area Chapter (various organizations; Houston, TX)
HACHumanist Association of Canada
HACHeading Alignment Cone (US NASA)
HACHaiti Action Committee (Berkeley, CA)
HACHelicopter Aircraft Commander
HACHigh Availability Clustering (computing)
HACHealth Access Coalition
HACHonorary Advisory Committee (various organizations)
HACHydrogen-Assisted Cracking
HACHeading Alignment Cylinder (US NASA)
HACHeinous, Atrocious, and Cruel (crime categorization)
HACHot Action Cop (band)
HACHybrid Adaptive Caching
HACHazardous Area Classification
HACHigh Administrative Court (various locations)
HACHumanitarian Affairs Commission
HACHockessin Athletic Club (Hockessin, DE)
HACHeading Alignment Circle (NASA; space shuttle)
HACHomeless Action Center (legal services agency, Berkeley California)
HACHeavy Assault Cruiser (gaming, EVE Online)
HACHamilton Arts Collective (Baltimore, MD)
HACHydrogenated Amorphous Carbon
HACHawaii Advisory Committee (USCCR)
HACHigher Authority Communications
HACHigh Altitude Compensator
HACHuman Animal Contact
HACHigh Altitude Compensation
HACHave A Cow
HACHmong American Community
HACHughes Aircraft Corporation
HACHigh Aspect Contact
HACHigh Angle Conveyor
HACHot Asian Chick
HACHealth Assessment Questionnaire (used to assess quality of life)
HACHuman Assurance Committee (Medical College of Georgia)
HACHybrid Aircraft Corporation (Edgewood, NM)
HACHeparin Affinity Chromatography
HACHydroxyapatite Ceramics
HACHeteroscedasticity Autocorrelation-Consistent
HACHydroxyapatite Chromatography
HACHost America Corporation
HACHigh Acceleration Cockpit
HACHollywood Advisory Council
HACHarbor and Approach Chart
HACHelp the Afghan Children
HACHIDTA Assistance Center
HACHansard Association of Canada
HACHawaii Air Cargo (Honolulu, HI)
HACHierarchical Aglomerative Clustering (datamining)
HACHigh Availability Component
HACHumanitarian Area Coordinator
HACHot Athletic Chick
HACHomeland Acquisition Corporation (Oklahoma City, OK)
HACHigh Accumulator (USAF SACCS 465L EDTCC SPE)
HACHands across the Campus (American Jewish Committee)
HACHead Ally Cockroft (Australian-based consulting firm)
HACHudson Associates Consulting, Inc (Virginia Beach, VA)
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Sage Products Holdings III, LLC ("Sage"), headquartered in Cary, IL, manufactures disposable medical supplies that are used to prevent hospital acquired conditions, including ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), surgical site infections (SSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI).
This clinical condition was selected as an example of Hospital Acquired Conditions, which is one of several federal initiatives of the Centers for Medicare and Medical Services targeted for significant payment reductions.
* Score in the top 10 percent in the country for efficiency - scored by the Leapfrog Hospital Recognition Program incorporating quality outcomes, length of stay, readmission rates and incidence of hospital acquired conditions and infections.
The so called "never events" are hospital acquired conditions that are completely preventable and should never occur, for example: pressure ulcers, injury, objects left in surgery and infection.
Shortly after, Medicare determined it would not pay for eight Hospital Acquired Conditions, including three Never Events.
Most of these hospital acquired conditions can be prevented by providing appropriate nursing care.
The CMS IPPS ruling is intended to improve the quality of care in hospitals and reduce the number of hospital acquired conditions (HAC), preventable medical errors resulting in serious patient consequences.
In addition, beginning in October 2007, CMS has defined "Hospital Acquired Conditions" that should they occur, the hospital may be denied payment for the hospital stay.