Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2012 Rates; Proposed Rule

May 5, 2011 On May 5, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a proposed rule on changes to payment systems for acute care hospitals and the long- term care hospital prospective payment system. The proposed rule included information on the hospital readmissions reduction program. The proposed rule aims to successfully reduce preventable hospital readmissions to improve quality of care and decreasing costs. Download the Report . . .