Air Data Functions The modern air data computers and their associated instrumentation are used to measure a number of criti-cal air mass properties. The computer must track pressure changes as the aircraft climbs, descends, accelerates, decelerates and then accurately pre-dict, for example, capture points for the autopilot. The atmospheric pres-
Know Your Hospital Status. When you are admitted to a hospital, it is only natural to believe that you have been admitted as a regular patient, or an âinpatient,â to that hospital. Yet, a concept known as âobservation statusâ can affect the amount you pay if you are on Medicare.
There are two distinct categories of PPCs: Health Care-Acquired Conditions (HCACs), which apply to Medicaid inpatient hospital settings, and Other Provider-Preventable Conditions (OPPCs), which apply broadly to Medicaid inpatient and outpatient health care settings where such events may occur. Health Care Acquired Conditions (formerly referred to as Hospital Acquired Conditions (HACs)) As health care-acquired conditions, the State recognizes the following ten Medicare HACs for which the State will make no payment when the diagnosis is not present on admission: A foreign object retained within a patientÂ´s body after surgery.