The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has added to its web site information on reporting and coding hospital-acquired conditions. As of Oct. 1, 2007, all inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) hospitals have been required to submit present-on-admission (POA) indicator information for all primary and secondary diagnoses. CMS will be using a phased implementation for the POA indicator.
On Jan. 1, 2008, CMS will begin processing POA indicator data and will provide feedback to IPPS hospitals on reporting errors. From Jan. 1 to March 31, 2008, hospitals will be educated on reporting errors and will not be subject to returned claims.
As of April 1, 2008, claims that are submitted for payment that do not contain proper reporting of the POA indicator will be returned. Read the reporting requirements.
