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WC/NF December 2009 Rate and APR-DRG Payment Issues
March 4, 2010
9 - 11 a.m.
HANYS and HANYS Solutions will discuss issues related to implementation of the December 2009 inpatient rates and All Patient Revised Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRGs) for Workers' Compensation (WC) and No-Fault (NF) inpatient reimbursement.
Who should attend
- Chief Financial Officers
- Directors of Reimbursement
- Directors of Patient Accounts
- Health Information Managers
What you will learn
We will be reviewing a number of issues related to WC/NF reimbursement, including:
- Introduction to December 2009 payment changes for WC/NF payers
- Comparison of AP-DRGs to APR-DRGs
- Overview of APR-DRG methodology
- What you need to know about the 18 step APR-DRG methodology
- Changes in the NYS Pricing methodology after December 1, 2009
- What WC/NF carriers should be paying
- December 2009 and January 2010 claims
- Reconciliation of January to November 2009 claims
- Add-on for spinal fusion DRGs
- DOH's summary file and payment calculation worksheets
- Demonstration of HANYS WC/NF Payment Estimator
- Coordinating efforts with DOH and the WC Board
- Insurance carrier notifications
Faculty
Shelby Wafer, Director, Health & Finance
HANYS
Continuing Education Credits
There are no continuing education credits offered with this program.
Registration Deadline/Cancellation
The registration deadline for this program is March 3, 2010.
If you have any questions regarding registration, please e-mail Joan Stewart at jstewart@hanys.org.
Materials
Login instructions and program materials will be e-mailed shortly before the webconference.


