2022 IPPS Final Rule: New Requirements for the Inpatient Setting
August 18, 2021 Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (FR). The agency also released a multi-page fact sheet that provides a snapshot of some of FR’s key provisions. Based on our gleaning of this document, we can provide you with the following highlights on the new inpatient rules. Payment Rates The increase in operating payment rates for general acute care hospitals paid under…