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Month: August 2022

Hi-Tech Hospitals: New Technology Initiatives for 2023

Hi-Tech Hospitals: New Technology Initiatives for 2023

August 17, 2022 There are few things more certain than the prospect of progress.  It’s all around us, in our homes and in our hands.  Just a few days ago, physicists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory officially confirmed a major breakthrough in the decades-long dream of nuclear fusion.  The feat, which actually occurred one year ago, involved the first successful instance of ignition—the point at which a nuclear fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining.  Progress in technology is exciting and expedient. …

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2023 IPPS Final Rule: Changes for the Inpatient Hospital Setting

2023 IPPS Final Rule: Changes for the Inpatient Hospital Setting

August 10, 2022 On August 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (FR) for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which begins October 1, 2022.  Along with the publication of the FR, CMS also issued a fact sheet that helps to summarize the key provisions of the 2,087-page rule.  The content below will direct our readers to some of the more important highlights arising from the FR, based…

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