Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults. IDSA Guidelines 2016: HAP, VAP & It's the End of HCAP as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Register New User ! Healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) is a new concept of pneumonia proposed by the American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2005. particularly since the HCAP guidelines were published. However, it is difficult to manage patients with aspiration Hospital Care Assurance Program The Hospital Care Assurance Program, or HCAP, offers help with unpaid hospital bills to Ohioans at or below the federal poverty level and who are ineligible for Medicaid coverage. OHA reminds hospitals that Ohio Medicaid eligibility guidelines should allow GUIDELINES FROM THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY OF AMERICA Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: Guidelines for Management John G. Bartlett, Robert F. Breiman, Lionel A. Mandell, From the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, and Thomas M. File, Jr. Maryland; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, IDSA/ATS Guidelines for CAP in Adults • CID 2007:44 (Suppl 2) • S27 SUPPLEMENT ARTICLE Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia HCAP guidelines. However, certain other patients Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of HAP that develops more than 48 hours after endotracheal intubation. The category of health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP) was included in the 2005 ATS/IDSA guidelines The last American Thoracic Society (ATS)/Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) HAP/VAP guidelines, published in 2005 [1], provided evidence-based recommendations for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HCAP, HAP, and VAP. Since 2005, new studies have provided additional insights into diagnosis and treatment of t