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CMS Releases Final Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities PPS Update for FY 2019

By Jeff Weegar on August 5, 2018 / Financial Feature, NewsLine Weekly

Tags: Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities, Medicare, payment, PPS

CMS has issued a rule to update the Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPFs) Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2019. For IPFs, CMS finalizes a net payment increase of 1.1% or $50 million in FY 2019 compared to FY 2018. This includes a 2.9%