tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 41

HOSPITALS: Avoid IPPS Incidents By Asking Questions

Hospitals must know if doctor prescribed aspirin to heart attack patients.August's inpatient prospective payment system final rule delivered a bundle of changes to the way a hospital must do business, and facilities that have not implemented the new changes yet could be losing reimbursement.Further, facilities that aren't up on the IPPS switches also risk being out of line with current compliance measures, which could bring auditors around.To stay current with the latest IPPS rule tweak, hospitals should have made the following changes: Tracking Quality Data Vital To IPPS Compliance Facilities that hold off on submitting their...

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