According to projections released by CMS, the fiscal year 2010 PPS update factor for Medicare Part A could be -0.9 percent, indicating that CMS could include a modest fiscal year 2010 IPPS update factor.
According to the release, reasons for this low projection could include an estimated market basket update of 2.2 percent, which is lower than in the past, and an anticipated behavioral offset cut that is related to Medicare-Severity diagnosis-related groups.
Read the AHA’s news release on projected IPPS update factor concerns.
