Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS)
On July 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 final rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system\(PPS\). The final rule was published in the August 19 Federal Register and will take effect October 1.
On April 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\). The proposed rule is available on CMS' web site and will be published in the April 30 Federal Register. Comments…
House and Senate negotiators today tentatively agreed on legislation that partially addresses our concerns about the inpatient prospective payment system \(IPPS\) cuts of 0 billion over five years in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' \(CMS\) IPPS rule for fiscal year 2008.
On August 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its final rule for the fiscal year \(FY\) 2008 hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\).
In the May 11 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) finalized changes to its direct graduate medical education \(DGME\) and indirect medical education \(IME\) payment policies related to the time residents spend in non-hospital settings, such as physician…
Yesterday we sent you an AHA Advocacy Action Alert on a letter that Sens. Salazar \(D-CO\) and Pat Roberts \(R-KS\) are asking their colleagues to sign opposing two provisions in the fiscal year \(FY\) 2008 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule.
On April 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its fiscal year \(FY\) 2008 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\).
President Bush's proposed fiscal year 2008 budget proposes major reductions to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Released this morning, the budget includes more than 0 billion in Medicare cuts to hospital services alone, including cuts to the inpatient and outpatient updates, rehabilitation…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) yesterday released the rate year \(RY\) 2008 proposed rule for the long-term care hospital \(LTCH\) prospective payment system \(PPS\).
In the February 1 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\(CMS\) published proposed changes to its direct graduate medical education \(DGME\) and indirect medical education \(IME\) payment policies related to the amount of time residents can spend in non-hospital settings…