After this session, you will be able to:

Understand areas of possible Medicare changes to the PPS systems and how these changes may impact your hospital and post-acute care facilities. Proposed changes include:
Changes for DRG weighting
Plans for evaluation of an expanded, severity-adjusted DRG system
Reporting of hospital quality data
Further reducing the playing field of post-acute care services
Understand CMS' actions regarding post-acute care services.
Understand provider implications of the President's budget request.