Prospective Payment Systems (PPS)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule for the long-term care hospital prospective payment system for fiscal year 2022.
AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend the five-year window for building medical residency programs to account for the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission released its March report to Congress.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the calendar year 2021 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center final rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule updating the home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2021.
The AHA submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2021.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule for the long-term care hospital prospective payment system for fiscal year 2021. Under the rule, net payments for LTCHs will decrease by 1.1% (-$40 million) relative to FY 2020 payments.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule that will increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates by a net 2.9% in fiscal year 2021, compared to FY 2020, for hospitals that are meaningful users of electronic health records and submit quality measure data.
The AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reverse its calendar year 2021 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update of 4.36% behavioral offset for the remainder of CY 2020 and beyond until all CY 2020 data are available for analysis.