Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS)
More than three-quarters of the nation's inpatient acute-care hospitals are paid under the inpatient prospective payment system, while nearly a quarter are paid based on costs and are called Critical Access Hospitals. The IPPS pays a flat rate based on the average charges across all hospitals for a specific diagnosis, regardless of whether that particular patient costs more or less. Everything from an aspirin to an artificial hip is included in the package price to the hospital.
AHA's comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2014.
CMS published its fiscal year (FY) 2014 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment systems (PPS) in the May 10 Federal Register.
A Message to AHA Members
We are pleased that in todays rule CMS has used its discretion to dampen the impact of certain congressionally-mandated policies.
CMS on September 4 published a 196-page final rule defining Stage 2 of "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs). At the same time, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (IT) issued a 130-page final rule...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its fiscal year (FY) 2013 final rule for the hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment systems (PPS) on Aug. 1.
We commend CMS for recognizing that its proposed new cut of 0.8%, approximately $850 million, in Medicare payments to hospital care would have been detrimental for America's seniors.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published its fiscal year 2013 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment systems in the May 11 Federal Register.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for FY 2013.