Spotlights

• CMS-1390-N (Hospital Inpatient PPS and FY2009 Rates: Final FY2009 Wage Indices and Payment Rates) (Display date: September 29, 2008; Publication date: October 3, 2008)
• On July 31, 2008, the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Final Rule display copy was posted to the CMS web site.  In the Final Rule, CMS included 10 categories of conditions for the Hospital-Acquired Conditions payment provision.  Additional information on HACs and CMS' implementation of Present on Admission Indicator Reporting is available at:  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HospitalAcqCond/01_Overview.asp
• CMS IPPS New Technology Applications for FY 2010 now Available.
• CMS-1554-F:  FY 2009: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule for Federal Fiscal Year 2009  (Display Date: July 31, 2008)
• CMS-1390-F; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates (Display Date: July 31, 2008; Publication Date: August 19, 2008)
• CMS-1404-P: Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates; Proposed Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates; View Press Release and Fact Sheet (Display Date: July 3, 2008; Publication Date: July 18, 2008; Comment period closes 5pm ET on September 2, 2008)

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