The Publicly Reported Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Measures data provides information on hospital-level measures rates for four of the HACs included in the DRA HAC payment provision – foreign object retained after surgery, blood incompatibility, air embolism, and falls and trauma – for Medicare fee-for-service discharges. The Publicly Reported DRA HAC Measures are reported only for informational and quality improvement purposes; the results of the measure calculations do not affect payment and are not a part of the HAC Reduction Program.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicator 11 (PSI-11) Measure Rates dataset provides information on provider-level measure rates regarding one preventable complication (postoperative respiratory failure) for Medicare fee-for-service discharges. The PSI-11 measure data is solely reported for providers’ information and quality improvement purposes and are not a part of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Payment Provision or HAC Reduction Program.