Date:
Live Webcast: February 12, 2008
Archive: The recorded Webcast is available to watch/listen to until July 12, 2008

Topic:
Recent overwhelming changes to the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) are impacting the efficiency and effectiveness of every hospital’s revenue cycle, documentation practices and coding procedures. What are you doing about it? We’ll discuss:

• How IPPS changes are affecting reimbursement and account receivables
• The impact of increased present-on-admission data collection requirements
• The call for increased clinical documentation and the effect on quality initiatives

Learn how health care provider organizations can effectively manage and address the challenges associated with this major revision in Medicare’s inpatient hospital payments system.

Host: 
Steve Burrill, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Presenters:
Lou Anne Barnhouse, principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Lou Porn, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Dr. Bob Williams, director, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Duration: 1 hour

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Report: Clinical Documentation Excellence – Institutional Perspective Will Be Required to Meet Inpatient Prospective Payment System Challenges 
Overview: Health Care Providers