2022 IPPS Final Rule: Part 2
August 25, 2021 Today’s alert will act to continue our summarization of the 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (FR), which we began last week. The current summary will focus primarily on the new quality reporting requirements and is based in large measure on a synopsis of the FR provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Inpatient Quality-Reporting Program The Hospital Inpatient Quality-Reporting (IQR) Program is a pay-for-reporting quality program that reduces payment to hospitals…