CMS Proposal to Suppress Hospital Safety Data Angers Advocates
Agency says COVID disruptions, staff shortages hamper ability to fairly score poor performers
Source: medpagetoday.com
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Hospitals receive a proposed 3.2% payment increase in 2023
General acute care hospitals are projected to get a 3.2% increase in operating payment rates under the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System proposed rule released Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS estimates that payments to hospitals will increase in 2023 by $1.6 billion. The proposed
Source: healthcarefinancenews.com
5 ways COVID-19 shows up in CMS' proposed hospital pay rule
CMS proposed changes like discounting value-based payment measures due to the virus. Trade groups want a higher rate bump.
Source: modernhealthcare.com
» CMS to Penalize 13 Arkansas Hospitals for High Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions
Thirteen Arkansas hospitals face penalties of 1% reductions in Medicare payments in federal fiscal year 2022 for high rates of hospital-acquired conditions, up from 10 hospitals in 2021 and 2020. Thirty-four hospitals were not penalized and 40 were exempt.
Source: achi.net
Medicare penalizes 21 Georgia hospitals
ATLANTA — Medicare has penalized 21 Georgia hospitals for having the highest rates of patient infections and potentially avoidable complications.
Source: henryherald.com