Case managers familiar with the 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule may still be wondering how it will impact their organization.
After CMS reclassified homelessness from a non-complication or comorbidity to a complication or comorbidity code, organizations must ensure they are accurately documenting social determinants of health (SDoH) ICD-10-CM codes.
Nurse and social worker discharge planners often manage complex patient cases. But how many also take the time to ensure family members are properly trained to provide the post-acute care that their loved one requires?
After identifying areas of concern related to missing or inaccurate information on discharge paperwork, CMS is encouraging surveyors to keep an eye out for documentation gaffes.
