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Payments to Hospitals to Increase Over 3 Billion in FY 2020; Changes to Wage Index and New Technology Add-On Payments Adopted

Tweet On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final FY 2020 payment rule for hospital inpatient departments and long-term care hospitals. The rule includes the payment update for both types of facilities as well as policies for new technology add-on payments, graduate medical education, and the hospital wage [...] Read More

CMS Finalizes $2.4 Billion Increase in Inpatient Hospital Payments for 2018, Reduces Burdens on Meaningful Use

On Wednesday, August 2, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule for Fiscal Year 2018. The rule outlines how hospitals are paid for inpatient Medicare stays, starting October 1, 2017. This rule finalizes a number of changes proposed in the IPPS proposed rule issued in April, but does […]

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Payments to Hospitals to Increase Over 3 Billion in FY 2020; Changes to Wage Index and New Technology Add-On Payments Adopted

CMS Finalizes $2.4 Billion Increase in Inpatient Hospital Payments for 2018, Reduces Burdens on Meaningful Use