title: Surviving Medicare's IPPS changes: what you need to know.
abstract: To prepare for the full impact of MS-DRG implementation, providers should: educate and communicate; ensure coding accuracy and thoroughness; assess productivity; analyze and evaluate; reassess current procedures; stay current.
authors.affiliation: Vineyard Point Associates, LLC, Guilford, CT, USA. renee.leary@yale.edu
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leary
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Farley
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States