Talk Ten Tuesdays
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Talk Ten Tuesdays
Twin Horns of a Dilemma: Inpatient Status without the IPO List
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What happens when the Inpatient-Only (IPO) List goes away?
The entire list is expected to be eliminated Jan. 1, 2028.
This will necessitate careful, patient-specific status determinations, rather than automatic assumptions based only on the procedure being performed.
The removal of a procedure from the IPO list does not mean that every such procedure must be classified as “outpatient.” Instead, the clinical team must evaluate the individual patient’s medical condition, functional needs, home situation, and anticipated post-operative course.
Listen and learn during the next upcoming edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, when Dr. Juliet Ugarte Hopkins will offer practical patient function concepts for supporting inpatient status in the absence of the IPO list.
Other well-known subject-matter experts will also join the broadcast with more news to report, including the following:
• CDI Report: Cheryl Ericson will provide an update on all things clinical documentation integrity (CDI).
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson will report on news happening at the intersection of compliance and medical record coding.
• The Coding Report: Christine Geiger returns to Talk Ten Tuesdays to report on the latest coding news.
• POV: Penny Jefferson, Manager of Coding & Clinical Documentation Integrity Services for the University of California-Davis Medical Center, will share her point of view during the broadcast.
