AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE, CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE
Sponsored by Case Management Monthly
presented on May 30, 2007
The most drastic change in DRG methodology since 1983 is coming your way.
CMS has proposed to implement a severity-adjusted DRG methodology effective October 1, 2007. The new inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rule is intended to align hospital payments more closely with the costs of patient care and the severity of a patient's conditions. CMS contracted with the RAND Corporation to evaluate five (5) alternative severity-adjusted systems that might be used by the PPS to classify discharges. However CMS moved forward with an Medicare Severity (MS-DRGs) system not previously introduced.
"It’s been predicted that when we move to a severity-adjusted system, coder productivity will go down by 30% and the need for documentation improvement programs will increase dramatically," says Deborah K Hale, CCS, president of Administrative Consultant Service. Since most case managers are involved with clinical documentation, they need to understand what the proposed model looks like and to start educating the hospital staff and physicians now.
Will you be ready?
Listen to Preparing for Severity-Adjusted DRGs: Strategies for Successful Implementation. During this 90-minute audioconference, our expert speakers will provide specific strategies to help case managers prepare for severity-adjusted DRGs.
BONUS TOOLS
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and these valuable tools:
1. Sample query forms
2. Educational newsletters and posters for educating staff
These materials are provided with PDF links.
AGENDA
- The current state of perspective payment system and changing diagnosis-related group (DRG) methodology
- Evolution of CMS-DRG system
- Why Severity Adjusted DRGs were proposed
- Severity classification systems evaluated by the RAND corporation
- Structure of the proposed MS-DRG model
- Case studies
- Examples of documentation requirements under current system vs. severity-adjusted system
- Strategies for success with MS DRGs
- Using Data to identify opportunities for improvement
- High risk, high volume, problem prone DRGs
- Documentation Templates
- Clinical Documentation Improvement Nurses
- Medical Staff Education
- Physician Query Process
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Improvement Strategies
A Q&A follows the presentation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Describe the current CMS-DRG methodology and the reason for change
- Recognize the structure of the proposed severity-adjusted MS-DRG model
- Define strategies to achieve improved documentation needed for severity adjusted DRGs
FACULTY
Deborah K. Hale, CCS, president of Administrative Consultant Service, LLC (ACS), has twenty-five years of experience in health care management, including administration, health information management, clinical documentation improvement, case management, and utilization review. She is a member of the American Health Information Management Association and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. She has served as a featured speaker for numerous national, state, and local conferences presented by the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the American Health Information Management Association, medical residency programs, and case management programs.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Case managers, directors of case management, health information management, finance, CFO, compliance officers, data quality specialists
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