Psychiatric PPS
Medicare pays for these services through the IPF prospective payment system, which uses pre-determined rates based primarily on the patient’s condition (age, diagnosis, comorbidities) and length of stay, and the location of the IPF. Medicare also provides additional payment for IPFs that are…
The AHA is disappointed that most of the proposed measures – especially the patient experience survey and EHR use measures – provide limited insight on the quality of the behavioral health and substance abuse treatments and services at the center of IPF care.
On April 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) issued its inpatient psychiatric facility \(IPF\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) final rule for rate year \(RY\) 2012.