BSN-FP4020 Policy and Organizational Behavior

BSN-FP4020 Policy and Organizational Behavior

Policy and Organizational Behavior Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection Rates Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are considered preventable when hospitals follow the guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The national benchmark for CAUTI is 1.0 with Cottage Health Santa Barbara having 0.942 CAUTI, below national average, as compared to Cottage Health Goleta which met the national average and the rest of the state averaging 1.077 (U.S Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [HHS], 2017). Financial Implications Healthcare organizations have a financial incentive to improve care due to provisions of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) which provides healthcare insurance for over 80 million people at the amount of 800 million dollars a year.

As of October of 2008, hospitals are no longer reimbursed for hospital acquired conditions such as CAUTI’s which are within the domain of nursing care. The penalties steepened in 2013 and again in 2017 (Huber, 2014). Although CAUTI’s imply the lowest dollar amount of damage than other healthcare acquired infections (HAI) at just under nine hundred dollars per case, ongoing efforts to maintain the highest standards of evidence-based practice should continue (“Costs,” 2013). Policy, Regulation, and Financial Implications Law and regulations have several impacts on organizations.

The process of writing new policies and disseminating them to the staff can be a costly endeavor in and of itself. The Affordable Care Act, the health insurance portability and affordability act (HIPAA), CMS, and the Joint Commission all play a role in ensuring standards and collecting data on healthcare organizations as well as affecting the financial bottom line. Many organizations and consumer

POLICY 3 groups believe that the institution and enforcement of quality measures keeps organizations focused on the patient as a means of maintaining the financial bottom line (McKinney, 2013).

BSN-FP4020 Policy and Organizational Behavior