2010 IPPS MS-DRG Update: Analyze the Rule and Understand the Impact

2010 IPPS MS-DRG Update: Analyze the Rule and Understand the Impact

AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND

Sponsored by Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies

presented on September 29, 2009

MS-DRGs drive your Medicare and other DRG payor reimbursement. And for Medicare's  fiscal year (FY) 2010 that begins October 1, 2009, there are several forthcoming changes to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), including relative weights for MS-DRGs, length of stay (LOS), the complication/comorbidity list, and the disposition post-acute-care-transfer (PACT) rule. Selecting the correct principal diagnosis as well as valid secondaries is critical to ensure accurate MS-DRG assignment, particularly when Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) will be reviewing your claims. Present on admission (POA) indicators and quality measures are also clearly a focus and of great importance in FY 2010.

It's vital that coders, DRG coordinators, coding supervisors, HIM directors, case managers, and utilization review staff members receive timely updates regarding regulatory changes for 2010 so they can be ready by October 1. Hospital finance and reimbursement specialists need to understand the impact the changes will have on the entire system. Physicians also need to understand the changes so their inpatient documentation will be clear and timely.

Don't wait to get your systems ready. During this 90-minute audio conference, our speakers explain how to best maintain compliance and ensure accurate coded data capture so you can provide organization-wide education and hit the ground running.

YOU HEAR IT FIRST

HCPro's 7th Annual DRG Program will help:

• Explain the changes in the updated MS-DRG list
• Illustrate ideas to manage coding for MS-DRGs and documentation improvement
• Define the PACT rule and its impact in FY 2010
• Prepare your organization for the IPPS changes
• Describe some MS-DRG auditing tips to prepare for RACs

NOTE: We'll provide you with a link to download a copy of the IPPS final rule.

Take a look at our agenda:

1. Changes for FY 2010
   1. Relative weight changes
   2. LOS changes
   3. Reductions in payment  percent
2. MS-DRG status updates for FY 2010
   1. PAC use and its importance in data mining
   2. CCs and MCCs
   3. POA
   4. Hospital acquired conditions
3. Data analysis of MS-DRGs and codes:  Recommended reports and trending
4. Impact of ICD-9-CM code changes on MS-DRGs for FY 2010 and the biggest challenges coders face
   1. Documentation improvement
5. Importance of coding and MS-DRG audits to prepare for RACs
   1. PAC use
   2. Overuse of sepsis DRGs
   3. Surgical procedures involving skin and subcutaneous tissue
   4. Auditing

A question and answer session follows the presentation.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Gloryanne Bryant, BA, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, CCDS, is the regional managing director HIM (Revenue Cycle N. California) for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA, and is responsible for coding, education, CDI and HIM operations for 21 acute care hospitals. Previously, she was senior director of SystemWide coding HIM compliance for Catholic Healthcare West in San Francisco.  She is a member of the editorial advisory board for Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies, and has more than 30 years of experience in the HIM profession providing education to coders, physicians, and other hospital staff on IPPS, DRGs, HCCS, ICD-9-CM, CPT coding, and clinical documentation improvement. In April 2006, she provided testimony in support of ICD-10 implementation for the House Ways and Means Committee and in 2007, Bryant was awarded the AHIMA Triumph - Champion - award.

Robert S. Gold, MD, is founder and CEO of DCBA, Inc., in Atlanta, GA, a consulting firm that provides physician-to-physician education programs in clinical documentation improvement, including training staffs to perform concurrent review and HIM professionals to understand the clinical aspects of diseases and procedures to which they assign codes. He has more than 42 years of experience as a physician, medical director, and consultant. Dr. Gold writes Clinically Speaking for Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies and Minute for the Medical Staff for Medical Records Briefing, and is the author of the training handbook,

Documentation Strategies to Support Severity of Illness: Ensure an Accurate Professional Profile, all from HCPro.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN

Finance, reimbursement, and contracting professionals, DRG coordinators, clinical documentation specialists, HIM supervisors and hospital coders, case managers, utilization resource staff members.

BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and tools, including a table showing the changes in relative weights. These materials are provided with PDF links.

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

Publisher :  HCPro, Inc
 
Product Types :

• Audio Conferences

Departments :

• Other Health Information Management Products
• Other Revenue Cycle Products

ORDER CODE: H092909D
SOURCE CODE: EHCPR

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