CMS Issues Proposed Rule for 2011 Inpatient Payment System
May 24, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued its proposed rule for inpatient and long-term acute care hospital prospective payment system payments, which take into account many provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report in AHA News Now.
Provisions include a 0.25 percent market basket cut, effective April 1, 2010. Others are wage index-related changes, payments to hospitals in "low-cost" counties, protections for frontier states and Medicare extenders, according to the report. CMS is accepting comments on the rule through July 2.
Read the AHA News Now report on the 2011 IPPS.
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