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CMS Updates IPPS Rates, Wage Index and DSH Uncompensated Care in 2024 Final Rule

Hall Render

On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) and Long-Term Care Hospital (“LTCH”) PPS rule for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule increases the rate for IPPS payments by 3.3%