On April 10, 2024, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year (FY) ...

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Medicare paid new hospitals three times more for their capital costs than they would have been paid under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS), according to an audit report from the Office ...

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The FY 2024 IPPS and LTCH PPS final rule's 3.1% pay bump comes after the Biden administration proposed a 2.8% rate increase back in April. Providers described both the proposal and final rule as ...

The Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM)—a payment model that beginning Jan. 1 will require certain acute care hospitals to participate in episode-based payments for five common surgical ...

CMS is moving ahead with most of its proposed changes, including cuts to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments, in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final ...

CMS has finalized a 2.6% payment increase for inpatient services, boosted DSH payments, established new interoperability rules for prior authorization, and confirmed the launch of a controversial ...