DRG Update for 2012

Know what is deleted, modified, and added in DRG for the year 2012, and compliance-related coding, billing and chargemaster including RACs.

 Join Dr. Duanne Abbey:

• To briefly review DRGs in general.
• To review MS-DRG changes.
• To discuss ICD-9 changes in conjunction with MS-DRGs.
• To delineate coding and documentation issues including the offsets.
• To review financial changes with MS-DRGs.
• To discuss issues such as readmission reduction.
• To explain the ongoing issue of the 3-Day Payment window and hospital acquired conditions.

And:

• Brief Review of DRGs and MS-DRGs
  
  • CCs and MCCs
  • DRG Categories
  • DRG Grouping and ICD-9 Coding
  • Calculation of MS-DRG Weights
  • Compliance Issues and Reports
• Payment Updates
  • Standardized Amounts
  • New Technology
  • Changes In MS-DRG Weights
  • Hospital Acquired Conditions
  • Wage Index Calculations
  • Outlier Payments
  • Post-Acute Care Transfers
• MS-DRG Changes
  • New MS-DRGs
  • Coding Issues
  • Documentation and Coding Adjustments
  • CC and MCC Lists
  • Review of New ICD-9-CM Procedure Codes
  • MS-DRG Weight Changes
• Quality of Care
  • Readmission Reductions
  • Hospital Value-Based Purchasing
  • Inpatient Quality Reporting
  • Hospital Acquired Conditions
• Policy Issues
  • 3-Day Payment Window
  • ESRD
  • Hospice Discharges
  • Under Arrangements
  • GME Cap
• Sources for Further Information

Ask a question at the Q&A session following the live event and get advice unique to your situation, directly from our expert speaker.

Who should attend? Inpatient Coding Personnel, Coding, Billing and Claims Transaction Personnel, Internal Auditing Personnel, Financial and Compliance Personnel, Physicians and Other Interested Personnel.

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