IPPS

Is the MOON notice required for patients in outpatient and a bed status, such as extended recovery?

Can we give the MOON form up front at the start of placement in observation and not wait until the 24-hour mark?

Can we give the MOON form up front at the start of placement in observation and not wait until the 24-hour mark?

CMS is expected next week to discuss potential changes to 2-midnight rule audits by Quality Improvement Organizations after quietly suspending the reviews in early May. 

A county public health director in New York state recently presented a plan for an opioid task force that would employ a case manager dedicated solely to locating inpatient rehabilitation beds and follow-up counseling for addicts.

On April 18, CMS issued the much anticipated proposed rule for FY 2017, which included something for everyone, including coding fixes and updates, changes to payment provisions, quality updates, and utilization review changes.

This week’s updates include quarterly announcement of interest rate change; long term care and IPPS reclassification interim final rule; and more!

CMS issued the fiscal year (FY) 2017 IPPS proposed rule Monday with updates to several MS-DRG classifications and relative weights. The amount of proposed MS-DRG changes, said Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CCDS, director of HIM and coding for HCPro, a division of BLR, in Danvers, Massachusetts, was expected due to the transition to IDC-10.

This week’s updates include the fiscal year 2017 IPPS proposed rule; implementing payment changes for Frontier Community Health Integration Project; and more!

CMS issued the fiscal year (FY) 2017 IPPS proposed rule yesterday with updates to several quality initiatives and a reversal of the agency’s 0.2% payment reduction instituted along with the 2-midnight rule in the FY 2014 rule.