AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies
presented on September 29, 2008
MS-DRGs drive your inpatient reimbursement. And for Medicare’s FY2009 beginning as of October 1, 2008, 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 is critical for the correct MS-DRG assignment and particularly when Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) will be reviewing your claims. Present on Admission (POA) and quality measures are also clearly a focus and of great importance in FY2009.
It's vital that coders, DRG coordinators, coding supervisors, HIM directors, case managers, and utilization review receive timely updates regarding regulatory changes for 2009 so they can be ready.. Hospital finance and reimbursement specialists need to understand the impact that the changes will have on the entire system. Physicians 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.
Take a look at our agenda:
- Review of significant MS-DRG changes for FY2009
- Documentation and other challenges that hospitals have had to overcome
- Understanding POA impact, data mining, and quality measures
- Relative weight changes for MS-DRGs for FY2009
- Changes to the complication/comorbidity (CC) list, including major CCs
- LOS changes for MS-DRGs for FY2009
- Disposition PACT rule changes for FY2009
- Impact of ICD-9-CM code changes on MS-DRGs for FY2009
- Importance of coding and MS-DRG audits to prepare for RACs
A question and answer session follows the presentation.
At the end of the audio conference, you will be able to:
- Explain the changes in the updated MS-DRG list
- Illustrate ideas to manage coding for MS-DRGs and improving documentation
- Define the PACT rule and its impact on FY2009
- Provide ideas to prepare your organization for the IPPS changes
- Describe some MS-DRG auditing tips to prepare for RACs
NOTE: You should also review the IPPS final rule. Click here to download it.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Gloryanne Bryant, BS, RHIA, RHIT, CCS, is senior director of SystemWide coding HIM compliance for Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) in San Francisco. She has the charge of developing, implementing, and maintaining system wide coding policies, and creating an internal coding compliance auditing and monitoring team and process at 42 hospitals across three states. 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 health information management profession providing education to coders, physicians and other hospital staff. She is a sought-after national speaker and advocate for clinical documentation improvement, providing education on IPPS, OPPS, DRGs and APCs. 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 educational programs in clinical documentation improvement, including the training of liaisons to perform concurrent review and of HIM professionals to understand the clinical aspects of diseases and procedures to which they assign codes. He has more than 41 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.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
This program has been approved for 2 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Credits expire December 31, 2008.
This program has prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders for 1.5 Continuing Education Units. Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the Academy of the program, content or the program sponsor. Credits expire August 31, 2009.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN
Finance, reimbursement, and contracting professionals, DRG coordinators, clinical documentation specialists, HIM supervisors and hospital coders, case managers, utilization resource staff.
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 excerpts from the Federal Register, such as the list of MS-DRGs (Table 5) and the list of added/deleted CCs. 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.
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