Actual regulation market basket change and Medicare payment updates as published in the "Federal Register"

Current history and forecasts of the market baskets

(Note: All data and Web pages are accessible for download – see the links in the Downloads section below.)

Latest update: reflects the GII 2008Q2 forecast with historical data through 2008Q1.

• Quarterly index levels and 4-quarter moving average percent changes for the following:
  • Prospective Payment System (PPS) Hospital Market Basket (base year 2002) – updates inpatient hospital operating and outpatient PPS payments; updates cost limits for children's hospitals, cancer hospitals, and religious non-medical health care institutions
  • Skilled Nursing Facility Market Basket (base year 2004) – updates skilled nursing facility PPS payments
  • Home Health Agency Market Basket (base year 2003) – updates home health PPS payments
  • PPS Hospital Capital Market Basket – updates inpatient hospital capital PPS payments (base year 2002
  • RPL Market Basket (base year 2002) – updates inpatient rehabilitation PPS payments
  • Medicare Economic Index (base year 2000) – used in conjunction with the Sustainable Growth Rate to update the physician fee schedule

Downloads
Actual update factors [PDF, 47 KB] PPS hospital, base year 2002 [PDF, 700 KB] Skilled Nursing Facility [PDF, 765 KB] Home Health Agency [PDF, 450 KB] PPS hospital capital, base year 2002 [PDF, 265 KB] RPL [PDF, 890 KB] Medicare economic index [PDF, 451 KB] Market Basket data [ZIP, 44 KB]
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