Ask the expert: Has CMS updated the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) to recognize hospitals that are exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting?
HIM Connection, July 1, 2008
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to HIM Connection!
A: Yes, CMS announced in Transmittal 354 dated June 13, 2008 that it will update the FISS to recognize the following hospitals that are exempt from POA reporting:
- Long-term care hospitals
- Inpatient rehabilitation facilities
- Inpatient psychiatric facilities
- Cancer hospitals
- Children’s hospitals
- Critical access hospitals
- Maryland waiver hospitals
The FISS will add an “X” to the end of the POA indicator before it reaches the grouper. The “X” will instruct the grouper to not apply hospital-acquired condition logic. The transmittal will take effect October 1. For more information and to view the transmittal, visit the CMS Web site at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/transmittals/downloads/R354OTN.pdf.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to HIM Connection!
Comments
0 comments on “Ask the expert: Has CMS updated the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) to recognize hospitals that are exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting? ”
Related Products
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- Identify potential Medicaid RAC target areas
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- QA:Coding multiple initial infusions
- E-mailed
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Q&A: Follow CMS' coding guidelines when using modifier -25
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- CMS has reformulated payments for some bilateral procedures
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- Q/A. One injection code or two?
- ED-to-inpatient transfers are flawed with safety gaps
- Searched