Hall Render

AUGUST 1, 2022

The proposed payment policies include an initial monthly facility fee of approximately $268,000 per month, which will adjust in future years based on a market-basket update. Proposed REH Payments. CMS ultimately proposed a monthly facility payment of $268,294 (just over $3.2 5 Percent OPPS Increase. million per year) for 2023.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) Final Rule (“Final Rule”) on August 1, 2024. Taking effect on October 1, 2024, the Final Rule confirms CMS will adopt updated market area delineations based on the 2020 census.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) Final Rule (“Final Rule”) on August 1, 2024. Taking effect on October 1, 2024, the Final Rule confirms CMS will adopt updated market area delineations based on the 2020 census.

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Hall Render

JULY 7, 2022

The Act specifies that REHs will be paid for outpatient services at 105% of the otherwise applicable rates under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”). This facility payment will be adjusted each year by the annual hospital market basket update factor. Your primary Hall Render contact.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 10, 2023

In doing so, CMS will finalize changes to its rural floor wage index policy that can drastically change payments for certain hospitals and its extension of the wage index add-on for low-wage hospitals. CMS also uses the hospital wage index for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

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Hall Render

APRIL 12, 2024

On April 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) Proposed Rule (“Proposed Rule”). Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 27, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) will publish the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) Final Rule (“Final Rule”) in the Federal Register on August 28 with an effective date of October 1, 2024. CMS estimates the amount available for value-based incentives at approximately $1.67

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