To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On April 27, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule for Acute Care Hospitals. The IPPS Proposed Rule contains a number of proposals related to hospitals and the Medicare program—some payment-related and others policy-related. Several of the proposals are highlighted below. Price transparency While CMS has not thrown out the entire price transparency rule, it is proposing to repeal the requirement it finalized last year that hospitals report the payer-specific rates for inpatient services they negotiate with Medicare Advantage plans on their cost reports. CMS estimates that repealing just this part of the price transparency requirement will reduce administrative burden on hospitals by approximately 64,000 hours.