Medicare Program; FY 2023 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System-Rate Update & Quality Reporting-Request For Information

On July 29, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published this final rule regarding the Medicare program - including public comments about the the rate update and quality reporting request for information (RFI) for the fiscal year 2023 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System. This final rule updates the prospective payment rates, the outlier threshold, and the wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPF), which include psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or critical access hospital. This final rule establishes a permanent mitigation policy to . . .