Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: FY 2022 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2021 (FY 2022)

Pre-publication notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updating the FY 2022 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 updates and clarifies the IPF teaching policy with respect to IPF hospital closures and displaced residents, proposes a technical change to the 2016-based IPF market basket price proxies, and updates quality measures and reporting requirements. The changes would be effective for IPF discharges beginning October 1, 2021 - September 30, 2022. Comments on the proposed rule are due by June 7, 2021.
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