IPPS

Identify ways to improve query processes and interdepartmental coordination to ensure patient safety indicators (PSI) are reported correctly.

Rabies is a viral disease that affects the central nervous system. Refresh on reporting protocols for rabies exposure and treatments in ICD-10-CM.

CMS recently released the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule, and a notable omission represents good news for case managers.

A case manager works to help a hospitalized patient who is out of Medicare Part A benefits successfully transition to a rehabilitation facility.

Aimee Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CST, MA, MT, and Karla VonEschen, MS, CPC, CPMA, CCDS-O, look back at the progression of diagnosis and mortality coding before looking ahead to ICD-11 and how coding departments can prepare for it.

Teresa Seville, RHIT, CCS, explains that a thorough review of ICD-10 updates must include analysis of the addenda, including the index, tabular notes, guidelines, and committee meeting highlights.

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.

Although CMS is projecting higher overall inpatient hospital payments in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule, some facilities could be facing tighter margins and lower payments for certain services. Learn what you need to do to ensure your organization is in compliance with new requirements.

The 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule, released August 1, contains some good news for hospitals related to potential payment for certain social determinants of health.