On April 18, the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) introduced its proposed FY 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule with a number of proposed policies that appear to be more substantive than recent payment rule updates. WHA will analyze the full nearly-1,800-page rule in the coming weeks and prepare comments in advance of the June 17 comment deadline.
On the strictly payment side of things, CMS proposes a number of new updates in this rule, including:
The rule also places significant emphasis on documentation of social drivers of health, their impact on health equity and improving maternal health outcomes. This is driven in part by President Joe Biden's agencywide executive order to advance racial equity and support underserved communities. In the rule CMS:
CMS proposes numerous changes to quality payment programs in this rule, in addition to the equity pieces mentioned above. These include:
On April 18, the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) introduced its proposed FY 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule with a number of proposed policies that appear to be more substantive than recent payment rule updates. WHA will analyze the full nearly-1,800-page rule in the coming weeks and prepare comments in advance of the June 17 comment deadline.
On the strictly payment side of things, CMS proposes a number of new updates in this rule, including:
The rule also places significant emphasis on documentation of social drivers of health, their impact on health equity and improving maternal health outcomes. This is driven in part by President Joe Biden's agencywide executive order to advance racial equity and support underserved communities. In the rule CMS:
CMS proposes numerous changes to quality payment programs in this rule, in addition to the equity pieces mentioned above. These include: