After this session, you will be able to:

Assess the impact the proposed CMS and final Medicare payment changes will have on your organization.

Understand developments that will need to be factored into your short and long-term planning, including:

Rate-Year 2007 inpatient psychiatric facility changes
Key post-acute care changes
Prepare your organization for the dramatic changes proposed to the DRG system: moving from charge-based to cost-based calculations for determining DRG weights and expanding the number of DRGs to make them more reflective of the severity of a patient's illness.