• 1 Policy/Reimbursement: Tread Cautiously With the IPPS 2017 Rule, a Pandora's Box

• 2 Policy/Compliance: CMS Determined on Slashing Down Avoidable Hospitalizations and Readmissions

• 3 ICD-10 Update: Get Ready for the ICD-10 Diagnosis, Procedure and MS-DRG Codes Overhaul

• 4 Reader Question: Split Visit Rule Can Save You a Fortune

• 5 Reader Question: Receive Additional Pay for ECT for Psychiatry Inpatients

• 6 Reader Question: Which Provider Gets to Bill the Discharge Code?

• 7 Reader Question: What Factors Affect the DRG Payment?

• 8 You Be the Coder: Apply Modifier 24 to Hospital Services the Right Way