On August 1, 2024, CMS filed a display copy of its final rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 pertaining to the Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) for general acute care hospitals and long-term ...

On Friday, April 11, 2025, CMS issued its annual Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Proposed Rule for Fiscal Year ...

Congress should strengthen the Medicaid safety net by reforming how the federal government funds state Medicaid programs, ...

The Biden administration has finalized proposed payment rates for inpatient services in the coming year, and they're not likely to be welcomed by hospitals. Initially, the Centers for Medicare & ...

Acute care hospitals get a 2.6% payment increase under a final rule released Thursday afternoon by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This reflects a projected 2026 hospital market basket ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its final IPPS rules that will implement a 1.1 percent net increase, compared with FY 2011, in total Medicare operating payments to acute-care ...

Despite the slight bump, rural and underserved facilities may see significant decreases in their reimbursement payments. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule ...

CMS has finalized a 2.6% payment increase for inpatient services, boosted DSH payments, established new interoperability rules for prior authorization, and confirmed the launch of a controversial ...

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