Inpatient Rule Making for 2011 Begins - EBook Available

CMS published the 2011 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule on May 4, 2010.  This year's proposals include changes to the MS-DRG payment rates for 2011, clarification on provider aggreements and supplier approvals, new COPs (Hospital Conditions of Participation) for Rehabilitation and Respiratory care services, and accreditation requirements for Inpatient Psychiatric services for individuals under the Age of 21.

This year's rule is 472 pages, with additional data and files not included in the rule (published instead on the CMS website).

As we do with each of the major payment systems, MediRegs has posted an "EBook" version of the IPPS Proposed Rule, with content organized into easy to browse, search and bookmark sections.  We've also combined the information published within the Federal Register, the data files from CMS and key published reports cited by CMS in the rule into a single location to save customers from having to go fishing for regs.

Go to the Inpatient, PPS, or Coding Guidance libraries, or check your Daily Alert for this update.