FY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule Update

Course Description:

In this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule pertaining to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2025. Join us as we review the key takeaways on changes for hospitals applicable to quality reporting, coding, Medicare-Severity Diagnostic Related Group (MS-DRG), impacted complications/ comorbidities (CC) and major complications/ comorbidities (MCC), just to name a few. Together, let’s be proactive in understanding what your hospital or organization needs to know.

Learning Objectives:

Summarize breakdown of FY 2025 IPPS Update
Review changes impacting MS-DRG
Review changes impacting ICD-10-PCS procedures
Evaluate changes on New Technology Add-on Payments (NTAP)
Review changes impacting Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
Review impacted quality reporting programs

Areas Covered in the Session:

Background of IPPS Rule
Changes impacting CC/MCC and MS-DRGs
Severity levels for ICD-10 codes
Comprehensive CC/MCC Analysis
New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP)
Medicare Code Editor (MCE)
Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program
Changes impacting procedure codes
Changes impacting Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
Impacted quality reporting programs
Other changes in FY 2025 IPPS Final Rule
Live Q&A Session

Suggested Attendees:

Healthcare Providers
Advance Practice Providers
HIM Coding Directors
HIM Managers and Supervisors
Hospital Coding Staff
Billing Mangers and Staff
Clinical Documentation Improvement Management and Staff
Reimbursement Specialists
Coding Compliance Management and Staff
Auditors and Educators

About the Presenter:

Victoria M. Hernandez, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, AHIMA-Approved, ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), a Clinical Documentation Improvement Practitioner (CDIP), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), a Certified Coding Specialist Physician-Based (CCS-P) and an AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer with over 29 years of experience in the healthcare field.

In her professional role, Victoria is the Founder of a coding, auditing and CDI company called Integrity Coding Solutions. Prior to starting her company, she was the Regional Director of Coding Audit and Education for a California-based integrated healthcare delivery system covering 21 facilities with 160+ coders and CDI staff. She specialized in providing the following: initial and on-going coding, audit and CDI education, specialty-specific training, department presentations and one-on-one feedback to coding, CDI staff, physicians, local, regional, and national leadership.

Additional Information:

After Registration: You will receive an email with login information and handouts (presentation slides) that you can print and share with all participants at your location.

System Requirement:

Internet Speed: Preferably above 1 MBPS
Headset: Any decent headset and microphone which can be used to talk and hear clearly

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