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    What is the reimbursement methodology used in acute care inpatient setting payment system (IPPS)?

    Case rate

    Rhonda saw her nurse practitioner Ms. Jones for a sinus infection. Ms. Jones practices at Sunnyside Clinic incident to Dr. Howard. Dr. Howard is a Medicare participating physician. The MPFS amount is $38.00 for the clinic visit. How much will Sunnyside Clinic be reimbursed for Rhonda's encounter?

    $38.00

    Rhonda saw her nurse practitioner Ms. Jones for a sinus infection. Ms. Jones practices at Sunnyside Clinic incident to Dr. Howard. Dr. Howard is a Medicare participating physician. The MPFS amount is $38.00 for the clinic visit. What is the coinsurance amount that Rhonda must pay?

    $7.60

    Which RBRVS RVU accounts for the skill of the physician, mental effort and judgement, and psychological stress?

    Work

    Which if the following does not impact the CMG used in the SNF services payment system?

    Amount of therapy provided to resident
    Function score
    Clinical condition

    Amount of therapy provided to resident

    Lixin is an inpatient coder at Community Hospital. He is determine the MS-DRG for a hip replacement surgery. He has determined that the encounter is surgical. What is the next step in the MS-DRG assignment process.
    Refinement Questions
    Pre-MDC assignment
    MDC for the admission

    Refinement Questions

    Which classification system is used for the Hospital Outpatient system (OPPS)?
    CMG
    APCs
    MS-DRGs

    APCs

    What is the VBP program for physicians that links payment to quality measures and cost-saving goals?
    Readmission Reduction Program
    HAC POA
    Quality Payment Program (QPP)

    Quality Payment Program (QPP)

    In MS-DRGs, _____________ is a proxy for resource consumption.
    the secondary diagnoses
    the length of stay
    the relative weight

    the relative weight

    Lizbeth is a Medicare beneficiary enrolled at A+ Medicare Advantage plan. Her risk score is 1.56. That means _____________.
    A+ Medicare Advantage receives the same capitated payment amount for all beneficiaries.
    A+ Medicare Advantage will receive a higher monthly capitated payment amount for Lizbeth than the average Medicare beneficiary.
    A+ Medicare Advantage will receive a lower monthly capitated payment amount for Lizbeth than the average Medicare beneficiary.

    A+ Medicare Advantage will receive a higher monthly capitated payment amount for Lizbeth than the average Medicare beneficiary.

    Use Table 6.1 in your textbook for this question.
    Linda is a Medicare resident in a SNF. She is recovering from a knee replacement. Her function score is 4. What is the PT CMG for this resident stay?
    TC
    TB
    TA

    TA

    Use Table 6.5 in your textbook for this question.
    Jose is a Medicare resident in a SNF. He has a serious infection. His function score is 7. What is the Nursing CMG for this resident stay?
    ES1
    ES3
    CDE2

    ES1

    When a third-party payer negotiates reduced fees for their beneficiaries they are using a ________________ reimbursement methodology.
    fee schedule
    per diem
    percent of billed charges

    percent of billed charges

    When a third-party payer reimburses the provider a fixed, per capita amount for a specified period of time they are using a __________ reimbursement methodology.
    case rate
    fee schedule
    capitated payment

    capitated payment

    In the PDPM the two components adjusted for residents living with HIV/AIDs are _________ and ______________.
    nursing and non-case mix
    physical therapy and occupational therapy
    nursing and NTA

    nursing and NTA

    Fee schedule

    a predetermined list of fees that the third party payer allows for payment for a set of healthcare services.
    (retrospective)

    Capitation

    the third-party payer reimburses providers a fixed, per capita amount for a period. per capita means per head or per person
    (prospective)

    Global payment

    the third-party payer makes one combined payment to cover the services of multiple providers, typically physicians, who are treating a single episode of care
    (prospective)

    Percent of billed charges

    the contracting unit is the claim. third party payers negotiate reduced fees for their members or beneficiaries to control their costs.
    (retrospective)

    Case Rate

    the third-party payer reimburses the provider one amount for the entire visit or encounter regardless of the number of services or length of the encounter
    (prospective)

    Per diem

    a type of retrospective payment method that is commonly used in the hospital inpatient setting. the third party payer reimburses the provider a fixed rate for each day a beneficiary is hospitalized
    (retrospective)

    Describe the difference between ACO models that have a 1-sided risk versus a 2-sided risk.

    The one-sided model allows the organization to share in cost savings. The two-sided model allows the organization to share in cost savings, but the organization must also share in the losses if the costs are greater than the benchmark amount.

    CMS uses the CMS-HCC model when contracting with Medicare Advantage payers. (see figure 4.4 in your textbook). Why does CMS use the CMS-HCC model to adjust capitation rates for their beneficiaries rather than using a standard capitation rate for every beneficiary?

    To predict which beneficiaries will be most costly to treat during the following year and then to increase capitated payments for those individuals. this allows CMS to redirect payments from managed care payers that may target healthy populations to managed care payers that provide insurance for the most ill patients.

    List the four steps for MS-DRG assignment.

    1. Pre-MDC assignment
    2. Major Diagnostic Category Determination
    3. Medical/Surgical Determination
    4. Refinement

    Which reimbursement methodology is used for the SNF PPS

    Per diem

    What are the six components of care used in the PDPM model

    · Physical Therapy
    · Occupational Therapy
    · Speech Language Pathology
    · Nursing
    · Non-Therapy Ancillary
    · Fixed non-case mix rate

    Which of these components have a variable day adjustment?

    PT, OT and NTA.

    Which of these components are adjusted for residents with HIV/AIDS?

    ·Nursing Classification
    NTA

    packaging

    occurs when reimbursement for minor ancillary services associated with a significant procedure is combined into a single payment for the procedure.

    bundling

    occurs when payment for multiple significant procedures or multiple units of the same procedure related to an outpatient encounter or to an episode of care is combined into a single unit of payment.

    What are the reimbursement methodologies used in OPPS?

    APC, Per diem, Comprehensive APC (C-APC), Conditional APC, Composite, Packaged, fee schedule, reasonable cost, services not reimbursed under OPPS

    What is the classification system of OPPS?

    APC

    List the provisions of the OPPS

    Interrupted services
    High cost outlier
    rural hospital adjustment
    cancer hospital adjustment
    pass through payment policy

    Interrupted Services

    Reported with modifiers

    High Cost Outlier

    Cost of providing service is 1.75 times higher than APC payment and Cost must exceed APC payment plus a fixed dollar thresholdAdd on- 50% of the difference between the cost and 1.75 times the APC payment

    Rural Hospital adjustment

    - rural hospitals costs are 7.1 percent greater than urban costs

    cancer hospital adjustment

    Aggregate payment is made to facilities at cost report settlement rather than an adjustment on each claim- this allows facilities to receive an adjustment without negatively impacting co-payments

    Pass through payment policy

    Provide hospital with additional payments for high cost drugs, biologicals, and devices -Total payment cannot exceed 2% of total OPPS payments for any given year-specific criteria such as device is different than others and shows substantial clinical improvement

    What are the 3 components of physician payment?

    RVU, geographic adjustment, and a conversion factor

    What are the 3 types of RVUs in RBRVS?

    Physician work (WORK)
    Practice expense (PE)
    Malpractice (MP)

    Physician work (WORK)

    at 51 percent the total RVU weight

    Practice expense (PE)

    at 45 percent of the total RVU weight

    Malpractice (MP)

    at 4 percent of the total RVU weight

    List the steps for determining the MPFS amount (review figure 8.3)

    Determine the procedure code for the service,
    Use the Medicare Fee Schedule to find the three RVUs - work, practice expense, and malpractice- for the procedure,
    Use the Medicare GPCI list to find three geographic practice cost indices,
    Multiply each RVU by its GPCI to calculate the adjusted value,
    Add the three adjusted totals, and multiply the sum by the conversion factor to determine the payment

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