CMS releases 2015 IPPS final rule

A significant portion of updates in the Fiscal Year 2015 Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) final rule pertain to the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, and the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program.

“The IPPS rule speaks strongly about quality and with the patient care quality initiatives that CMS is driving and supporting,” says Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer, past president of the California Health Information Association, and National Director of Coding Quality, Education, Systems and Support National Revenue Cycle, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. & Hospitals.

This quality focus creates a need for increased interdisciplinary collaboration across quality, HIM, risk management, revenue cycle, compliance, and technology.

Source: HCPro