The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed rules for the FY 2025 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) payment system. The agency proposes raising payments and the industry decried the boost as insufficient.
Hospitals will receive a 2.6% increase or $2.9 billion across...CMS Rules
The rule updates Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for inpatient hospitals and long-term care hospitals (LTCH) and builds on key priorities to advance health equity, including better measurements for healthcare quality disparities and improving the safety and quality of maternity care by establishing a...