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In a major win for hospitals, CMS is seeking to abandon a plan to require them to disclose certain negotiated rates it reaches with Medicare Advantage organizations in reports submitted to the federal government, per a proposal released Tuesday.
The agency is also proposing a hospital payment bump totaling $2.5 billion for fiscal year 2022 as well as implementation of a floor wage index provision from legislation passed earlier this year.
The proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment System also adds 1,000 graduate medical education slots over the next five years, with a priority given to those in rural areas and with underserved patient populations.
CMS’s new rule proposal increases payment rates, focuses on health equity and workforce
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The rule touches on a wide range of issues which are detailed below.
Payment rates & transparency requirements:
The rule proposes increasing operating payment rates for acute care hospitals paid under the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) by 2.8%.
“This reflects the projected hospital market basket update of 2.5 percent reduced by a 0.2 percentage point productivity adjustment and increased by a 0.5 percentage point adjustment required by legislation.”
The rules stipulates that the 2.8% rate increase is for hospitals that participate in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program and are “meaningful electronic health record users.”
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for inpatient hospitals and long-term care hospitals for 2022.
Before taking into account Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments and Medicare uncompensated care payments, the proposed increase in operating payment rates, increases in capital payments, increases in payments for new medical technologies, increases in payments due to implementation of the imputed floor and other proposed changes will increase hospital payments in FY 2022 by $3.4 billion, or 2.8%.
But there is much in the proposed rule beyond payment updates.
The proposed rule would require hospitals to report vaccination rates among healthcare staff. CMS is proposing the adoption of the COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel Measure to require hospitals to report COVID-19 vaccinations of workers in their facilities.
Around the nation: AHA names new senior leader who will focus on health equity
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American Hospital Association (AHA) has created and filled a new senior leadership role to oversee AHA s health equity and inclusion strategies, in today s bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Illinois, Maryland, and Massachusetts.
Illinois: AHA has created and filled a new senior leadership role to oversee AHA s health equity and inclusion strategies. AHA has appointed Joy Lewis, who previously served as AHA s VP for strategic health planning, to the new role of SVP of health equity strategies. Lewis, who will also serve as executive director of AHA s