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CMS Releases FY 2021 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule

On September 2, 2020 CMS released the Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates.  Click here to view the entire publication. To view only the DSH portion of the publication click here.

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Allina II – CMS PUBLISHES RULE IN APPARENT RESPONSE TO ALLINA II RULING

This proposed rule is CMS’s response to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Azar v. Allina Health Services, 139 S. Ct. 1804 (2019) (“Allina II”). The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that HHS violated the Medicare Act when it changed its DSH reimbursement formula without providing notice and opportunity for comment.   Click

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CMS Releases FY 2021 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule

On May 11, 2020 CMS released the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates.  Click here to view the entire IPPS Proposed Rule FY 2021 Publication  or  click here to view the proposed section concerning

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