Becker's Healthcare August 4, 2023
CMS issued its Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule Aug. 1, which boosts inpatient hospital pay 3.1 percent in 2024. The plan was met with criticism from hospital groups, which say the payment update is inadequate.
Here are three reactions to the final rule:
America’s Essential Hospitals: Today’s final rule for the fiscal year 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System will undermine the nation’s essential hospitals and safety net care for low-income and marginalized patients with its harmful policies on disproportionate share hospital (DSH) funding.
We are disappointed [CMS] finalized an even deeper cut to DSH payments than initially proposed. Further, the finalization of a new policy to exclude uncompensated care (UC) pool days from the Medicare DSH calculation will...
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