Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
This final rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; makes changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; updates the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); and makes other policy- related changes.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 42 CFR Parts 405, 412, 413, 431, 482, 485, 495, and 512 [CMS-1808-F] RIN 0938-AV34 AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; makes changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; updates the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); and makes other policy-related changes. DATES: With the exception of instruction 2 (§ 405.1845), instruction 29 (§ 482.42(e)) and instruction 31 (§ 485.640(d)), this final rule is effective October 1, 2024. The regulation at § 405.1845 is effective January 1, 2025. The regulations at §§ 482.42(e) and 485.640(d) are effective on November 1, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Thompson, and Michele Hudson, (410) 786-4487 or DAC@cms.hhs.gov , Operating Prospective Payment, MS-DRG Relative Weights, Wage Index, Hospital Geographic Reclassifications, Graduate Medical Education, Capital Prospective Payment, Excluded Hospitals, Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payment Adju…
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Citation: 89 FR 68986
