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Advisory
Member

CMS Releases Hospital Inpatient PPS Final Rule for Fiscal Year 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 31 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA Comments on CMS FY 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule

AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
Advisory
Member

Inpatient PPS Proposed Rule for FY 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 11 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
Advisory
Member

CMS Releases Hospital Inpatient PPS Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 11 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
Advisory
Member

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for FY 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 11 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2026 proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS).
Letter/Comment
Public

AHA, FAH Request Comment Period Extension for Proposed Mandatory Bundled Payment Model

The AHA and FAH comments on the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) proposals in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025.
Letter/Comment

AHA Comments to CMS on FY 2025 Wage Index Values

The AHA has long stated that while we appreciated CMS’ recognition of the wage index’s shortcomings, the agency should not have implemented this policy by penalizing all hospitals, especially when Medicare already pays far less than the cost of providing care. As such, if CMS does address payments under this policy in FYs 2020-2024, it should not seek a clawback of funds that hospitals received because of the agency’s mistakes and have long since spent on patient care.
Issue Landing Page

Advocacy Issue: Hospital Inpatient (IPPS) Payment

America’s hospitals and health systems continue to face unprecedented financial pressures due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and current inflationary economy. Historic inflation has extended and heightened the already severe economic instability brought on by the pandemic resulting in razor thin operating margins from massive surges in input costs, including a struggling workforce, drug costs, supplies and equipment.
Letter/Comment

AHA Comments on Potential DSH Cuts in IPPS Final Rule for FY 2025

In CMS’s upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2025 IPPS final rule, the AHA urges CMS to maintain the uninsured rate at its proposed level of 8.7%. Doing so would provide critical stability for DSH hospitals that serve low-income, uninsured and historically marginalized populations.
Special Bulletin
Member

CMS’ Hospital Inpatient PPS Final Rule for FY 2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Aug. 1 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025.