Welcome to the HRP Press
Room
Date:
September 9, 2009
Contact:
Robert Jenkins
Phone:
(732)
292-1100
Reimbursement Briefing
Planned on CMS Fiscal Year 2010 Inpatient Prospective Payment System
Rule
Live
90-Minute Audio Conference
Scheduled for Thursday,
Septmeber 17, 2009
from 1:30-3:00 pm EDT
MANASQUAN,
N.J.
-- September 9,
2009: While
acute care hospitals will receive an inflation update in their Medicare
payment rates of 2.1 percent in fiscal year 2010, according to the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the final rule
adopted by CMS contains many other key changes related to
reimbursement in the fiscal year ahead.
To help healthcare executives sort through the numerous
changes found in the new CMS regulations a special audio webcast
“Reimbursement Briefing: 2010 Final Medicare Inpatient
Prospective Payment System Rule” has been scheduled for
Thursday, September 17, 2009, from 1:30-3:00 pm.
The program has been planned to provide a comprehensive
summary of the changes that include DRG classification changes,
Documentation and Coding, Market Basket Update; Outlier Threshold,
Quality Measures, Wage index updates, Hospital acquired conditions,
and, the Capital IME factor.
Reimbursement
Briefing: New FY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System
(IPPS) Final Rule -- What Your Hospital Needs to Know
90-Minute Audio Webcast,
Thursday, Septmeber 17, 2009
1:30 - 3:00 PM EDT
http://www.healthresourcesonline.com/edu/MedicareIPPS.htm
Or Call Us Now Toll-free 1-800-516-4343
Plan now
to register for our annual reimbursement management briefing audio
webcast on the impact of the changes for hospitals found in the new
final rule adopted by CMS.
Join with your colleagues from around the country and the reimbursement
experts from Deloitte & Touche LLP for this comprehensive
summary of the changes found in the final regulations that CMS has
adopted.
Discover how these changes may affect your organization in this special
90-minute live audio webcast scheduled for Thursday, September 17, 2009
at 1:30 PM Eastern time.
Medicare payments to acute care hospitals for inpatient services
occurring in FY 2010 are projected to increase by $1.9 billion.
Get details on the many key changes in the IPPS for FY 2010:
Documentation and Coding; Capital IPPS Teaching Adjustment; Market
Basket Update; Outlier Threshold; Labor Related Share; MS-DRG
Reassignment for Certain Orthopedic Procedures; MS-DRG Relative
Weights; and Wage Index.
Agenda
- Behavioral
offset to base rates
- Quality
Measures
- DRG
classification changes
- Hospital
acquired conditions
- Options
for counting Medicaid days for DSH
- Wage
index updates
- Capital
IME factor
- Other
recently published Medicare rules including but not limited to Rehab,
SNF, HHA will also be briefly covered
- Live
Open Line Question and Answer Session
There
will also be a live question and answer session where you can ask your
specific question about the final rule directly to our reimbursement
experts
Listen in to this program with your key management team members and
department heads for a comprehensive review of the 2010 key Medicare
reimbursement provisions. Your one low registration fee covers everyone
listening in on one telephone line.
What
Participants Said About Last Year’s Briefing Program
Session:
- "It
was an efficient summary of the changes taking place in the new IPPS
rule. In only 1.5 hours I have the information I need to evaluate the
impact on my organization."
- "Regardless
of the industry segment you are from, this seminar summarized the key
changes and impacts of the IPPS Final rule."
Can't
Make It on September 17?
Order the audio recording on CD-ROM with conference
materials:
http://www.healthresourcesonline.com/edu/MedicareIPPS.htm
Registration
Information
[ ] YES!
I want a comprehensive summary on the FY2010 Medicare reimbursement
changes that affect hospital reimbursement. Please register me for the
90-minute audio conference "Reimbursement
Briefing: New FY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System
(IPPS) Final Rule -- What Your Hospital Needs to Know,"
scheduled for Thursday,
September 17, 2009 from 1:30 - 3:00 PM Eastern Time.
I understand my low registration
fee covers all the members of our team listening in from my office or
conference room on one dial-in phone line.
Five
Easy Ways to Register:
Early-Bird Registration
Prices:
(Save
$50 if you register by September 15)
- Live Conference and CD: $347 per
site to
participate in the conference and receive the CD-ROM of the conference,
including the conference materials. ($397
after September 15)
- Live Conference Only: $247 per
site to
participate in
the live program and receive the conference materials. ($297
after September 15)
- CD-ROM and Conference Materials Only:
$247
for the
audio conference CD and conference materials if you cannot participate
in the live conference. The CD is shipped approximately three weeks
after the program.
To
download a form for mail or fax registrations,
visit:
http://www.healthresourcesonline.com/ippsacreg.pdf
Address: Health Resources Publishing, 1913
Atlantic Ave.,
Suite 200, Manasquan, NJ 08736; (732) 292-1100,
www.healthresourcesonline.com
