Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Programs: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2019 Rates; etc.

Pre-publication notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeking comment on a proposed rule to revise the Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) for operating and capital related costs of acute care hospitals and to update payment policies and rates for inpatient services provided by long-term care hospitals, among other things. Includes implications for rural facilities throughout. Comments on the proposed rule are due by June 25, 2018. Official publication of this notice is scheduled for May 7, 2018.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news