On August 1, CMS issued its fiscal year (FY) 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule, applying to discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2022. In the accompanying announcement, CMS said that the FY 2023 IPPS “updates Medicare payments and policies for hospitals, drives high-quality, person-centered care, and promotes fiscal stewardship of the Medicare program.” They added that the rule also finalizes new measures encouraging hospitals to build health equity.
Inpatient and outpatient prospective payment system hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities and PPS-exempt cancer hospitals have until Aug. 30 to preview their data for the October update to Care Compare.
The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced an update to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)®, the leading medical terminology code set for describing health care procedures and services, that includes a new laboratory test code for the orthopoxvirus and two codes for the vaccines being utilized to prevent monkeypox infection.
The Justice Department on Wednesday announced charges against three dozen people who are accused of orchestrating healthcare fraud schemes across the country, with laboratory owners and company executives among those accused of ordering unnecessary or fraudulent medical tests and equipment worth $1.2 billion.
Recent reports have mischaracterized Medicare's proposals to account for the impact of COVID-19 in its quality measurement programs as hiding important and useful patient safety data from the public. Here's the reality -- these proposed policies would evaluate hospitals rigorously and fairly while preserving meaningful transparency for patients, families and communities.