| Subject: | CMS Publishes Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and FY 2009 Rates |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Wed, 6 Aug 2008 - 01:00 pm |
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule, Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) and Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Rates. The FY 2009 IPPS updates Medicare payments to hospitals for FY 2009 and provides additional incentives for hospitals to improve the quality of care provided to people with Medicare. As part of the quality of care incentives, the rule includes payment provisions to reduce never events that occur in... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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