Medicare IPPS

CMS Proposes to Increase Inpatient Medicare Reimbursement by 1.6%

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Inpatient Medicare reimbursement could increase by 1.6 percent in the fall, according to a newly proposed rule from CMS. Announced earlier today, the proposed rule would update the Inpatient...

Number of Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Falls by 28%

by Jacqueline LaPointe

The number of hospitals treating disproportionate volumes of Medicare beneficiaries declined by 28 percent from 2011 through 2017, and these Medicare-dependent hospitals (MDHs) received less additional...