Assessment of 2011 Final Inpatient Prospective Payment Rule (.PDF)
This document discusses the rule provisions for updates to the hospital inpatient quality reporting requirements associated to the annual payment update for Diagnosis Related Groups, the impact of Present on Admission Coding and Hospital Acquired Conditions and Infections and other provisions
Assessment of 2011 Final Outpatient Prospective Payment Rule (.PDF)
This document discusses the rule provisions for visit coding for Emergency Departments and hospital outpatient clinics, the report of outpatient quality data associated to the annual payment update for Ambulatory Payment Classifications and drug administration coding and billing
Assessment of 2011 CMS Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule (.PDF)
This document discusses the rule provisions for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and the electronic prescribing bonus program under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA)
Assessment of 2010 CMS Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule (.PDF)
This document discusses the rule provisions for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and the electronic prescribing bonus program under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA)
Assessment of 2010 CMS Final Outpatient Prospective Payment System Rule(.PDF)
This document discusses the rule provisions for visit coding for Emergency Departments and hospital outpatient clinics, the report of outpatient quality data associated to the annual payment update for Ambulatory Payment Classifications and drug administration coding and billing
Assessment of 2010 CMS Final Inpatient Prospective Payment Rule (.PDF)
This document discusses the rule provisions for updates to the hospital inpatient quality reporting requirements associated to the annual payment update for Diagnosis Related Groups, the impact of Present on Admission Coding and Hospital Acquired Conditions and Infections and other provisions
Millennium and Medicare Recovery Audits (RACs) - Design Considerations (.PDF)
This document provides an index/guide to design considerations for solution capabilities that may prove useful for clients to consider in their use of Millennium for mitigating or reducing RAC audit risk in support of good documentation practices, eligibility management, medical necessity checking and other key processes
Assessment of CMS 2009 Final Outpatient Prospective Payment Rule (.PDF)
This document discusses the role of Millennium in enabling compliance with key areas of requirement found within the final rule for 2008 for Outpatient Prospective Payment under Medicare for E&M coding, drug administration coding, drug coding and the reporting of Outpatient quality measures.
Assessment of CMS 2009 Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule - Electronic Prescribing Provisions (.PDF)
This document discusses the rule provisions for restoration of the computer based fax exemption to electronic prescribing and for implementation of the new electronic prescribing bonus program as called for by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008
Assessment of CMS 2009 Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule - PQRI Provisions (.PDF)
This document discusses the rule provisions for the implementation of the 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) program, and Cerner solutions that help enable data capture and submission for the PQRI measures
Assessment of CMS 2009 Final IPPS Rule - DRG System Changes (.PDF)
This whitepaper reviews the changes adopted for the Medicare Severity adjusted DRG system relative to DRG system changes and the Hospital Acquired Conditions ("Never Events") finalized for October 1, 2008
Assessment of CMS 2009 Final IPPS Rule - Hospital Quality Data Changes (.PDF)
This whitepaper reviews the changes adopted for 2009 to expand the hospital quality measure reporting requirements related to the annual payment update for the MS-DRG system
Assessment of CMS 2008 Final IPPS Rule - DRG System Changes (.PDF)
This whitepaper discusses the role of Millennium and the DRG system changes adopted for implementation of Medicare Severity adjusted DRGs (MS-DRGs), Present on Admission (POA) requirements and identifying patient conditions as "hospital acquired"
Assessment of CMS 2008 Final IPPS Rule - Hospital Quality Data Changes (.PDF)
This whitepaper discusses the role of MIllennium and the updates adopted to the hospital quality data reporting requirements in 2008 for hospitals to receive the full annual DRG reimbursement update
Assessment of Final 2008 Outpatient Prospective Payment Rule (.PDF)
This document discusses the role of Millennium in enabling compliance with key areas of requirement found within the final rule for 2008 for Outpatient Prospective Payment under Medicare for E&M coding, drug administration coding, drug coding and the reporting of Outpatient quality measures.
Assessment of Final 2008 Physician Fee Schedule Rule (.PDF)
This document discusses the role of Millennium in enabling compliance with key areas of requirement found within the final rule 2008 for the Physician Fee Schedule under Medicare for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) program and for the elimination of the computer based fax exemption for electronic prescribing
E-Prescribing and EMR Safe Harbor Final Rules - Stark and AntiKickback (.PDF)
This document discusses the requirements for safe harbor qualification for the donation of health care information systems to physicians and other participating Medicare providers to remain in compliance with the Stark and AntiKickback laws and regulations.
Impact of Medicare Part D Benefit - Revenue Cycle and Retail Pharmacy (.PDF)
This document reviews implementation requirements for hospitals considering creation of retail pharmacy operations for participation in Medicare Part D, and the impact of the requirements on the Revenue Cycle and on Retail Pharmacy operations.
Assessment of Proposed 2009 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment Rule (.PDF)
This document reviews the proposed changes in the recent Medicare proposed rule for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for provisions regarding outpatient quality measures, visit coding, drug administration billing and other areas.