1. Final Rule 1406-F Title: RY 2010 LTCH PPS (and FY 2010 IPPS) Final Rule Payment Year: RY 2010 Publication Date: 8/27/2009 Display Date: 7/31/2009 Description: This rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals to implement changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems, and to implement certain provisions made by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA, Pub. L. 110-275) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, Pub. L. 111-5). In addition, the Addendum to this final rule describes the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the rates for Medicare acute care hospital inpatient services for operating costs and capital‑related costs. These changes are applicable to discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2009. We also are setting forth the update to the rate‑of‑increase limits for certain hospitals excluded from the IPPS that are paid on a reasonable cost basis subject to these limits. The updated rate-of-increase limits are effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2009. Second, this rule updates the payment policy and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) for rate year (RY) 2010, including responding to public comments received on a June 3, 2009 supplemental proposed rule relating to the proposed RY 2010 Medicare Severity Long-Term Care Diagnosis‑Related Groups (MS‑LTC-DRG) relative weights and the proposed RY 2010 high-cost outlier (HCO) fixed‑loss amount. In the Addendum to this final rule, we also set forth the changes to the payment rates, factors, and other payment rate policies under the LTCH PPS for RY 2010. These changes are applicable to discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2009. In addition, we are responding to public comments received on and finalizing a June 3, 2009 interim final rule with comment period that revised the MS‑LTC DRG relative weights for payments under the LTCH PPS for the remainder of FY 2009 (that is, from June 3, 2009, through September 30, 2009). Third, this final rule contains responses to public comments received on, and the finalization of, two May 2008 interim final rules with comment period that implemented certain provisions of section 114 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA, Pub. L. 110-173) relating to payments to LTCHs and LTCH satellite facilities, the establishment of LTCHs and LTCH satellite facilities, and increases in beds in existing LTCHs and LTCH satellite facilities under the LTCH PPS. Fourth, through an interim final rule with comment period as part of this document, those provisions of the ARRA that amended certain provisions of section 114 of the MMSEA relating to payments to LTCHs and LTCH satellite facilities and increases in beds in existing LTCHs and LTCH satellite facilities under the LTCH PPS are implemented. The files associated with CMS-1406-F are located below under "Downloads" and "Related Links Outside CMS".
2. Correction Notice 1406-CN Title: Corrections to the RY 2010 LTCH PPS (and FY 2010 IPPS) Final Rule Payment Year: RY 2010 Publication Date: 10/7/2009 Display Date: 10/2/2009 Description: Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and Fiscal Year 2010 Rates; and Changes to the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Rate Year 2010; Corrections Summary: This document corrects technical errors and typographical errors that appeared in the final rules and interim final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on August 27, 2009 entitled "Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and Fiscal Year 2010 Rates and to the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Rate Year 2010 Rates. The files associated with CMS-1406-CN are located below under "Downloads" and "Related Links Outside CMS".
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