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115<h1 class="inner-page-title">Summary of Key Items for CMS 2022 IPPS Final Rule</h1>
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134<p>CMS released its final Inpatient Prospective Payment System
135rule on August 2<sup>nd</sup>. The rule increases Medicare payment rates for
136acute care hospitals and removes some price transparency requirements. The rule
137also applies to discharges occurring on or after Oct. 1.</p>
138
139
140
141<p>The summary of key items is as follows:&nbsp;</p>
142
143
144
145<p>1.&nbsp;<strong>Payment rate update.</strong>&nbsp;Hospitals that
146report quality data and are meaningful users of EHRs will see about a 2.5
147percent increase in Medicare rates in fiscal year 2022, compared to 2021. CMS
148expects hospital payments to increase by an aggregate $2.3 billion in fiscal
1492022. CMS said the changes in the final rule will increase payments by $3.7
150billion and include a $1.4 billion decrease from other adjustments.</p>
151
152
153
154<p>2.&nbsp;<strong>Price transparency requirements.</strong>&nbsp;
154CMS
155will move forward with its plan to remove median payer-specific negotiated
156rates by Medicare severity-diagnosis related group, with Medicare Advantage
157insurers. CMS said this will reduce administrative burden on hospitals by about
15864,000 hours.&nbsp;</p>
159
160
161
162<p>3.&nbsp;<strong>Disproportionate share hospital payments.</strong>&nbsp;CMS
163will distribute $7.2 billion in uncompensated care payments for fiscal 2022, a
164decrease of about $1.1 billion from fiscal 2021.</p>
165
166
167
168<p>4.&nbsp;<strong>Add-on payment for COVID-19 treatment.</strong>&nbsp;The
169inpatient payment rule finalizes an add-on payment for COVID-19 treatment
170through the end of the fiscal year in which the public health emergency ends.</p>
171
172
173
174<p>5.&nbsp;<strong>Inpatient Quality Reporting Program.</strong>&nbsp;CMS
175proposed several changes to the Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, which
176reduces payment to hospitals that fail to meet program requirements. CMS will
177add five new measures to the program, including COVID-19 vaccination rates
178among healthcare personnel, a metric targeting maternal morbidity and two
179medication-related adverse event electronic clinical quality measures. CMS will
180also remove the exclusive breast milk feeding measure and make other changes</p>
181
182
183
184<p>6.&nbsp;<strong>Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.</strong>&nbsp;CMS
185is finalizing a few changes to the interoperability program to reduce the
186burden on eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals. In particular, CMS
187will increase the minimum required scoring threshold for the objectives and
188measures from 50 to 60 points, out of 100, to be considered a meaningful EHR
189user and adopt two new electronic clinical quality measures and remove
190three.&nbsp;</p>
191
192
193
194<p>7.&nbsp;<strong>Value-based payment programs.</strong>&nbsp;CMS will
195suppress most hospital value-based purchasing program measures during the
196public health emergency for COVID-19. As a result, hospitals will receive
197neutral payment adjustments under the value-based program in fiscal 2022.</p>
198
199
200
201<p>Access the full rule&nbsp;<a href="https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-16519.pdf">here</a>.&nbsp;</p>
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