Health and Human Services Department Proposed Rule

2019-07884: Medicare Program; FY 2020 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2019 (FY 2020)

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Summary

This proposed rule would update the prospective payment rates, the outlier threshold, and the wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPFs), which include psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an inpatient prospective payment system hospital or critical access hospital. Additionally, this proposed rule would revise and rebase the IPF market basket to reflect a 2016 base year and remove the IPF Prospective Payment System (PPS) 1-year lag of the wage index data. This proposed rule also solicits comments on the IPF wage index. Finally, this rule proposes updates to the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Quality Reporting Program. These changes would be effective for IPF discharges occurring during the fiscal year (FY) beginning October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 (FY 2020).

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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