The FY 2013 proposed Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) rules were announced and published in the Federal Register on April 27, 2012. The LTCH PPS rule includes a separate new market basket, a net update of 1.9% and several new quality reporting measures for FY 2016. CMS will accept comments on the proposed rule until June 25, 2012, and will respond to all comments in a final rule to be issued by August 1, 2012. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has notified the American Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA) that there will not be a FY 2013 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment Systems (IRF PPS) Rule. Instead, CMS will issue an update notice before August 1, 2012. CMS said that it would be publishing the Update Notice for the IRF PPS for FY 2013 on or before August 1, 2012. FMI: The proposed IPPS and LTCH rule can be downloaded from the Federal Register at: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-09985.pdf. See also
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