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CMS is moving ahead with most of its proposed changes, including cuts to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments, in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final ...

Medicare paid new hospitals three times more for their capital costs than they would have been paid under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS), according to an audit report from the Office ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has locked in a 3.1% pay bump for inpatient payments to eligible hospitals during fiscal year 2024, which the agency said translates to a $2.2 ...

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Multiple hospital groups have released statements blasting CMS' latest payment rate proposal given high inflation costs. Hospital associations are pushing back on CMS' 3.2% payment rate update for ...

The inclusion of Medicare Advantage data in hospital quality reporting, mandatory participation in a bundled payment model and, of course, annual pay increases were common refrains among hospital ...

There is an obvious and ongoing need for hospitals to strengthen their infection prevention programs in order to reduce infection rates as close to zero as possible. First and foremost, it’s our job ...

CMS issued its Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule Aug. 1, which boosts inpatient hospital pay 3.1 percent in 2024. The plan was met with criticism from hospital groups, which say ...