Sec. 7. DOCUMENTATION AND CODING ADJUSTMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEDICARE SEVERITY DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP (MS-DRG) SYSTEM UNDER THE MEDICARE PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES
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## SEC. 7 DOCUMENTATION AND CODING ADJUSTMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEDICARE SEVERITY DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP (MS-DRG) SYSTEM UNDER THE MEDICARE PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES ###
(a)In General In implementing the final rule published on August 22, 2007, on pages 47130 through 48175 of volume 72 of the Federal Register, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall apply prospective documentation and coding adjustments (made in response to the implementation of a Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) system under the hospital inpatient prospective payment system under section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)) of— ####
(1)for discharges occurring during fiscal year 2008, 0.6 percent rather than the 1.2 percent specified in such final rule; and ####
(2)for discharges occurring during fiscal year 2009, 0.9 percent rather than the 1.8 percent specified in such final rule. ###
(b)Subsequent Adjustments ####
(1)In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the Secretary determines that implementation of such Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) system resulted in changes in coding and classification that did not reflect real changes in case mix under section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)) for discharges occurring during fiscal year 2008 or 2009 that are different than the prospective documentation and coding adjustments applied under subsection
(a)or otherwise applied for such year, the Secretary shall— #####
(A)make an appropriate adjustment under paragraph (3)(A)(vi) of such section 1886(d); and #####
(B)######
(i)make an additional adjustment to the standardized amounts under such section 1886(d) for discharges occurring only during fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012 to offset the estimated amount of the increase in aggregate payments (including interest as determined by the Secretary) determined, based upon a retrospective evaluation of claims data submitted under such Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) system, by the Secretary with respect to discharges occurring during fiscal years 2008 and 2009; ######
(ii)make an additional adjustment to the standardized amounts under such section 1886(d) based upon the Secretary's estimates for discharges occurring only during fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 to fully offset $11,000,000,000 (which represents the amount of the increase in aggregate payments from fiscal years 2008 through 2013 for which an adjustment was not previously applied); and ######
(iii)make an additional adjustment to the standardized amounts under such section 1886(d) of an increase of 0.4588 percentage points for discharges occurring during fiscal year 2018 and 0.5 percentage points for discharges occurring during each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and not make the adjustment (estimated to be an increase of 3.2 percent) that would otherwise apply for discharges occurring during fiscal year 2018 by reason of the completion of the adjustments required under clause (ii). ####
(2)Requirement Any adjustment under paragraph (1)(B) shall reflect the difference between the amount the Secretary estimates that implementation of such Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) system resulted in changes in coding and classification that did not reflect real changes in case mix and the prospective documentation and coding adjustments applied under subsection (a). An adjustment made under paragraph (1)(B) for discharges occurring in a year shall not be included in the determination of standardized amounts for discharges occurring in a subsequent year. ####
(3)Prohibition The Secretary shall not make an additional prospective adjustment (estimated to be a decrease of 0.55 percent) to the standardized amounts under such section 1886(d) to offset the amount of the increase in aggregate payments related to documentation and coding changes for discharges occurring during fiscal year 2010. ####
(4)Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing authority to apply the adjustment under paragraph (1)(B) other than for discharges occurring during fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2023. ####
(5)Judicial review There shall be no administrative or judicial review under section 1878 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395oo) or otherwise of any determination or adjustments made under this subsection.
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DOCUMENTATION AND CODING ADJUSTMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEDICARE SEVERITY DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP (MS-DRG) SYSTEM UNDER THE MEDICARE PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES
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