The FY 2024 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) rule was finalized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 1 and contains a shocking projected cut to disproportionate share hospitals (DSH).
For all hospitals, the rule provides...National News
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the FY 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) rule updates. The rule includes a 2.8% raise in operating payments for acute care hospitals.
The proposed rule updates Medicare payments and policies...CMS Rules
The Leapfrog Group, a healthcare consumer safety watchdog group, has asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to revoke plans to end reporting on serious medical and surgical complications that occur in hospitals.
The 2023 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule contains within it a measure...
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCH PPS) Proposed Rule, which will update Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for inpatient hospitals and LTCHs for fiscal year 2023. The rule includes a 3.2% increase...
The Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH) received a new final rule from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this week. The rule helps providers by dropping a requirement that would have forced hospitals to disclose their contract terms...CMS Rules
On Sunday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two proposed rules for inpatient and long-term care hospitals. The first aims to fund medical residency positions in hospitals in rural and underserved communities in order to address workforce shortages in those areas and would require hospitals to report COVID-19...CMS Rules
Along with an increase to Medicare inpatient payment rates, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule released on Monday is suggesting price transparency requirements that include hospitals disclosing median payer-specific rates negotiated with Medicare Advantage organizations and third-party payers.
CMS is...National News
The final rule issued August 2 updates Medicare payment policies and rates under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS).
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), the rule is designed to empower patients through better access to...News
The federal agency also released a Request for Information to inform its future rule making impacting inpatient and long-term hospitals
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed updating its 2018 Medicare payments and policies and is seeking comments on the proposed rule and RFI through June 13, 2017.
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