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Latest updates on MS-DRG grouper changes, CMS policies, and healthcare billing guidance.

Understanding POA Indicators: How Present on Admission Status Impacts MS-DRG Reimbursement

2025-11-21 • Revenue Cycle Works • Healthcare Billing

Learn how Present on Admission (POA) indicators fundamentally alter MS-DRG groupings by determining whether specific complications can be used to justify higher reimbursement. Understand the financial impact of hospital-acquired conditions.

POA MS-DRG Hospital-Acquired Conditions HAC CMS Medicare Reimbursement

FY 2026 MS-DRG Grouper Changes: CMS Updates

2025-09-30 • Revenue Cycle Works • MS-DRG Updates

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released updates to the Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) classification system for Fiscal Year 2026. Learn about deleted, new, and revised MS-DRG codes.

MS-DRG FY 2026 CMS Healthcare Billing DRG Grouper