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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC) Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC) The term 'Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC)' as it applies to the area of hospitals can be defined as 'serious conditions that patients may get during an inpatient hospital stay. If hospitals follow proper procedures, patients are less likely to get these conditions. Medicare doesn’t pay for any of these conditions, and patients can’t be billed for them, if they got them while in the hospital. Medicare will only pay for these conditions if patients already had them when they were admitted to the hospital. The HACs that will be reported on Hospital Compare include:'. Previous 5 Terms: Horticultural specialty crops horticulture hortulan Hospice Hospice Care Next 5 Terms: Hospital Assumptions Hospital Coinsurance Hospital Indemnity Insurance Hospital Input Price Index Hospital Insurance About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.