Becker's Healthcare August 1, 2024
CMS on Aug. 1 released its Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule, which will increase inpatient hospital payments by 2.9% in fiscal year 2025.
The 2.9% net pay bump is a marginal increase from the 2.6% increase CMS proposed in April, but the American Hospital Association argues the “inadequate” payment update does little to help the inpatient hospital sector when 40% of hospitals are still losing money.
“CMS’ payment updates for hospitals will exacerbate the already unsustainable negative or breakeven margins many hospitals are already operating under as they care for their patients,” Molly Smith, AHA group vice president for public policy, said in an Aug. 1 statement. “The AHA is deeply concerned about the impact these inadequate...
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