Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 2020 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2019

Pre-publication notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updating the FY 2020 prospective payment rates, outlier threshold, and wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF), including psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or Critical Access Hospital. The proposed rule also requests comment on the IPF wage index and proposes updates to quality and reporting measures, among other things. The notice will be officially published in the Federal Register on April 23, 2019 and comments are due on June 17, 2019.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news