US CMS ups FY09 inpatient payments
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
US Medicare's fiscal 2009 proposals for the hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs, issued on April 14, will result in an increase in Medicare payments to acute care hospitals of nearly $4bn. The changes would apply to more than 3,500 hospitals paid under the IPPS, effective from October 1 2008.