1230Impact of Nonpayment for Preventable Infections on Billing Rates for Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
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1230. Impact of Nonpayment for Preventable Infections on Billing Rates for Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections and CatheterAssociated Urinary Tract Infections Alison Tse Kawai, ScD, SM; Robert Jin, MS; Stephen Soumerai, ScD; Louise Elaine Vaz, MD; Melisa Rett, MPH; Grace Lee, MD, MPH; Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA; Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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