Medicare Fiscal Year 2014 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System – Rate Update

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2014 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPPS)– Rate Update finalized daily rates and performance reporting requirements. In April 2014, Medicare will begin publicly reporting hospital and freestanding facility performance on eight inpatient psychiatric care quality measures for adults. The measures concern the use of physical restraint and seclusion, polypharmacy, and discharge planning for continuity of care . . .