Proposed changes to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System were posted late Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 

And while the dust has yet to settle, the proposals are sending shockwaves through the coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) communities. Context, perspective, and analysis of the proposed IPPS rule will be provided during the next edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• The Coding Report: Laurie Johnson reports on the proposed coding changes outlined in the IPPS rule. Johnson is a senior healthcare consultant at Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC.
• RegWatch: Stanley Nachimson, former CMS career professional turned well-known healthcare IT authority, provides much-needed context on the proposed rule.
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, compliance expert, and ICD10monitor national correspondent anchors the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
• The Dunn Report: National health information management (HIM) expert and past American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) President Rose Dunn returns to the broadcast with another edition of her series on how HIM can play a role in other areas of the revenue cycle.
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc. and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, offers her unique blend of analysis and commentary on the proposed IPPS rule.