FY 2020 proposed Medicare inpatient prospective payment system regulation

CMS Posts Proposed FY 2020 Inpatient Regulation

Medicare would change its wage index system, raise inpatient fees, increase funding for Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments (Medicare DSH), enhance payments for new technologies, and make minor modifications in its hospital readmissions reduction, value-based purchasing, and hospital-acquired condition program if a proposed regulation published this week is ultimately adopted. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published its proposed FY 2020 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system regulation: its plan for paying acute-care hospitals for Medicare-covered inpatient services in FY 2020. The 1800-page regulation calls for major changes in Medicare’s wage index system – changes CMS says would “…address [...]

admin2019-04-25T06:00:11+00:00April 25, 2019|Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, hospitals, Medicare, Medicare disproportionate share, Medicare DSH, Medicare regulations, Medicare reimbursement policy|