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CMS Issues FY 2025 IPPS/LTCH PPS Final Rule
On August 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to update fiscal year (FY) 2025 Medicare payment policies and rates under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS).
The FY 2025 IPPS/LTCH PPS final rule went on display at the Office of the Federal Register Public Inspection Desk and www.federalregister.gov on August 1, 2024. It is scheduled to be published on August 28, 2024.
To view the display version of the FY 2025 IPPS/LTCH PPS final rule, go to the following web address and click “download the unpublished” PDF version: https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2024-17021/medicare-medicaid-and-childrens-health-insurance-programs-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment.
Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program and other quality reporting programs are included in the regulation. Details regarding finalized proposals for various quality reporting programs can be found on the pages listed below:
- Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) pp. 1098
- Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program pp. 1099-1112
- Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program pp. 1113-1115
- Hospital IQR Program pp. 1421-1594
- Prospective Payment System-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting (PCHQR) Program pp. 1595-1599
- Promoting Interoperability Program pp. 1658-1715
Last Updated: Aug 06, 2024