CHA Issues Draft Comments on CY 2025 OPPS Proposed Rule
What’s happening: CHA has issued draft comments on the calendar year 2025 outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule. What else to know: Comments are due to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by Sept. 9. Members are encouraged to use the draft as a template to inform comments. Comment letters can be submitted […]
CHA Comments on CY 2025 Home Health Payment Rule
What’s happening: CHA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the calendar year 2025 home health prospective payment system proposed rule.
What else to know: CHA thanks members for their feedback, which helped to inform comments.
CHA Issues Summary of FFY 2025 LTCH PPS Final Rule
What’s happening: CHA has issued a summary of the finalized payment updates and policies for long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025.
What else to know: The policy and payment provisions are generally effective for FFY 2025 discharges, beginning Oct. 1.
CDPH Title 22 Draft Regulations Out for Public Comment
What’s happening: The comment period is now open for draft regulations released by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on clinical laboratory, pharmaceutical, and dietetic services in general acute care hospitals.
What else to know: Comments are due to CDPH on Sept. 12.
Summary: FFY 2025 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Final Rule
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment system (PPS) final rule. What else to know: Finalized payment rates are slightly higher than proposed, but still insufficient relative to input cost inflation. In the final rule, CMS:
Summaries Available: FFY 2025 Post-Acute Care Payment Final Rules
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final payment rules for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs), and hospices for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025. CHA has issued members-only summaries of each rule.
What else to know: In general, the payment updates were slightly higher than proposed, but still inadequate relative to input price inflation.
Register for Upcoming DataGen Webinar on FFY 2025 IPPS Final Rule
What’s happening: DataGen will host a webinar on the federal fiscal year 2025 inpatient prospective payment system final rule and analysis overview.
What else to know: Registration is required.
CMS Finalizes Inadequate Inpatient Payment Update
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) finalized fiscal year (FY) 2025 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rule falls short of what hospitals need to keep up with rising costs and health care needs.
What else to know: The rule includes a net market basket update of 2.9%. As a result of all changes, CMS estimates that hospital inpatient payments will increase by $2.9 billion in FY 2025.
Summary of Physician Fee Schedule Proposals, Specialty Impact Analysis Available
What’s happening: CHA has issued a members-only summary and specialty impact analysis of the calendar year 2025 physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule.
What else to know: Comments on the proposed rule are due to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services by Sept. 9.
CMS Releases Post-Acute Care, Psych Payment Final Rules
What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2025 inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS), skilled-nursing facility (SNF) PPS, inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) PPS, and hospice wage index final rules.
What else to know: The policy and payment provisions in the final rules will be effective for FFY 2025 discharges, beginning Oct. 1.