Fiscal Year 2018 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) & Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule & Request For Information CMS-1677

On April 28, 2017 the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released this proposed rule and request for information for the fiscal year 2018 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System. In this CFR, HHS is proposing updates to the Medicare program, including:

Hospital inpatient prospective payment systems for acute care hospitals and the long-term care hospital prospective payment system and proposed policy changes and fiscal year 2018 rates;
Quality reporting requirements for specific provider organizations;
Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive program requirements for . . .