Since 2009, the Centers forMedicare &Medicaid Services considered
pressure sores reasonably preventable and halted reimbursement for
the treatment of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) stages II to
IV, unless they was determined to have been present at admission or
within 2 days after admission. However, clinicians argue that some PrUs
are unavoidable and will occur even when all the necessary interventions
are implemented.