On September 2, 2020, CMS issued the fiscal year (FY) 2021 final rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (the Final Rule). This article...more
On August 2, 2017, CMS issued the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Final Rule (Final Rule) that updates...more
On April 14, 2017, CMS issued the annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule for FY 2018 (the “Proposed Rule”) which will affect discharges on or after October 1, 2017. CMS estimates that IPPS operating...more
CMS Releases Final Payment Rules (IPPS, IRF, LTCHs, Hospice, and Psych): At the end of last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a set of final 2016 payment rules affecting acute care hospitals...more
On July 31, 2015, CMS issued its final rule to update the fiscal year (FY) 2016 Medicare payment policies and rates under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective...more
On April 30, 2014, CMS released the much anticipated proposed Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule (“Proposed IPPS Rule”), which would apply to FY 2015 Medicare payments. For inpatient acute care hospitals, CMS...more