What’s happening: CHA will host a complimentary, members-only webinar on May 15 at 9:30 a.m. (PT) to discuss the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule. Registration is open.
What else to know: Comments on the proposed rule are due to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by June 10.
Megan Howard, vice president, federal policy, and Chad Mulvany, vice president, federal policy, will provide a summary of the proposed rule implications on organizations and how to share concerns on the impending changes.
Key highlights will include:
- Market basket update
- Medicare disproportionate share hospital
- Wage index policy
- Mandatory Bundled Payment Model
- Separate payment for essential medicines
- Social determinants of health diagnosis codes
- Updates to the inpatient quality reporting and hospital value-based purchasing programs
- Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program
- Hospital and critical access hospital respiratory illness reporting requirements
