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Proposed FY 2019 Medicare IPPS and LTCH update issued

By Jeff Weegar on May 6, 2018 / Financial Feature, NewsLine Weekly

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposed rule to update both the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2019. CMS projects that total Medicare spending on