CMS recently published the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule, detailing its tentative plans to update Medicare inpatient coding and billing.
Many organizations believe their websites are compliant, but experts who regularly audit healthcare digital properties say that exposure remains in less obvious places.
CMS kicked off the month of April by releasing a slew of proposed rules, spelling out its plans to update Medicare reimbursement and policies for a variety of facilities in fiscal year (FY) 2027.
The phrase “don’t reinvent the wheel” applies well to the development of an outpatient CDI program when a mature inpatient CDI foundation already exists. The challenge is not whether the wheel can be reused, but how to navigate the differences.
