WASHINGTON — The Army’s new human resource system the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army, or IPPS-A, is making military pay issues a remnant of the past for the Army National Guard. On April 20, ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has locked in a 3.1% pay bump for inpatient payments to eligible hospitals during fiscal year 2024, which the agency said translates to a $2.2 ...

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A new CMS final rule increases IPPS payment rates by 2.6% for 2026 and finalizes several key policy changes, including the launch of a mandatory bundled payment model, new e-prescribing standards, and ...

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The inclusion of Medicare Advantage data in hospital quality reporting, mandatory participation in a bundled payment model and, of course, annual pay increases were common refrains among hospital ...

There is an obvious and ongoing need for hospitals to strengthen their infection prevention programs in order to reduce infection rates as close to zero as possible. First and foremost, it’s our job ...

CMS issued an interim final rule Sept. 30 that will discontinue the hospital inpatient prospective payment system low wage index policy for fiscal 2025. 1. The change comes after a federal appellate ...

CMS has finalized a 2.6% payment increase for inpatient services, boosted DSH payments, established new interoperability rules for prior authorization, and confirmed the launch of a controversial ...