Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) – FY 2027 Updates
Stay informed on key provisions in the FY 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. This guide highlights CMS payment and coding updates effective October 1, 2026, along with quality-program changes that phase in during later years. Download your copy to help your team understand what’s changing and when.
What's included:
✔︎ Updated MS-DRG classifications and Grouper/MCE Version 44.0
✔︎ Continuing and newly approved New Technology Add-on Payments (NTAPs)
✔︎ Quality reporting, value-based purchasing, and sepsis readmission measure changes
✔︎ Updates to post-acute transfer and replaced-device payment policies
✔︎ HIAlearn course options for a deeper review of IPPS and ICD-10-CM/PCS updates
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Coding Course: FY 2027 IPPS Updates
In this course, FY2027 IPPS changes as they relate to coding will be presented. Payment changes will be briefly discussed and MS-DRG changes will be presented. NON-OR to OR DRG changes, Medicare Code Editor updates, a summarization of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS updates and New Technology Add-on Payments (NTAP) will be discussed. 1.5 CEUs AHIMA.
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