Health Information Management

Meet the challenges of MS-DRGs and the POA head on

JustCoding.com, January 2, 2008

October 1, 2007, marked the beginning of the largest change in Medicare's DRG reimbursement system since its introduction in 1983. Add Medicare's present on admission (POA) reporting initiative, which took effect on January 1, 2008, and hospitals suddenly face substantial new challenges. However, Betty B. Bibbins, MD, CHC, CPEHR, CPHIT says that these initiatives are also an opportunity to bring organizational departments together toward common goals and objectives.

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