2020 Final Rule for Hospital Payments: Summary of Significant Changes
December 4, 2019 Becker’s Healthcare, a leading outlet for business and legal information concerning the healthcare industry, has provided a brief summary of the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule for 2020 that was released earlier this year by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Rule, which addresses Medicare payments made to acute care hospitals, contains significant changes for the 2020 fiscal year (FY). Becker’s Hospital CFO Report lists eight takeaways from the Rule, which we have distilled down to four…