CMS issues FY 2010 IPPS proposed rule
HIM Connection, May 4, 2009
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The long-awaited fiscal year (FY) 2010 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule is out, and with it comes good and bad news for hospitals. Although there aren’t a whole slew of changes related to Medicare Severity DRGs (MS-DRG), hospital acquired conditions (HAC), and the present on admission (POA) indicator, hospitals will see historically low payment updates with a phased-in adjustment to take place over time.
A slow rate of economic inflation and an increase in aggregate payments due to changes in hospital coding practices that do not reflect increases in patient severity of illness (SOI) are the reasons for the low updates, according to a CMS press release announcing the rule late Friday afternoon.
To view the rule, click here. CMS will accept comments until June 30.
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