In the FY 2011 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) described its methodology for measuring the documentation and coding changes the agency believed resulted from the shift to Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs).

The Moran Company (TMC) was asked to examine CMS’ approach and determine if it is an appropriate method to isolate documentation and coding from the other factors that could affect the “Case Mix Index (CMI)”—a measurement of average patient severity.

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