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Final FY 2019 Medicare IPPS and LTCH Update Issued
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have released a
final rule to update both the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment
System (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective
Payment System for fiscal year (FY) 2019 – for discharges beginning
October 1, 2018.
The document is currently on public display at the Federal Register office and is scheduled for publication August 17th. A display version is available at: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018- 16766.pdf.
The IPPS tables for this rule are available through the Internet on the
CMS website at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-forService-Payment/AcuteInpatientPPS/index.html.
Click on the link on the
left side of the screen titled, “FY 2019 IPPS Final Rule Home Page” or “Acute Inpatient—Files for
Download.”
The LTCH PPS tables are available at: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Servi... under the list item for Regulation Number CMS-1694-F.
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