New course! Implementing Severity-Adjusted DRGs

The biggest change in 24 years to Medicare?s DRG payment system is went into effect October 1, 2007. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) replaced the current DRG payment system with new severity-adjusted DRGs to better categorize hospital patients and to more accurately predict resource use. The new Medicare Severity DRG (MS-DRG) payment system will have an all-encompassing impact on your hospital's revenue cycle.

Our new online course Implementing Severity-Adjusted DRGs can help keep your coding training up-to-date and relevant. This hands-on module will help you:

• Understand the new severity-based DRG system
• Create an implementation plan aimed at coding claims for optimal reimbursement
• Implement work-flow changes by department
• Learn the breakdown of the new MS-DRG structure of MCCs, CCand non-CCs
• Know how to report Present on Admission (POA) conditions on the UB-04

For additional details, visit www.shopingenix.com or call 1.800.INGENIX (464.3649), option 1.