HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently submitted a plan to Congress that would reform Medicare’s hospital wage index by establishing a labor market area and wage index for each hospital. The report, ...

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 ...

To address disparities between urban and rural hospitals, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to increase the wage index of low wage index hospitals, such as those in rural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An empty hospital corridor A vacant hallway at Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma, AL, Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024 in Selma, ...

To comply with a summer court order, the Biden administration made a last-minute change to its inpatient rates that will reduce payments to low wage hospitals. Released Monday, just before the start ...

After the 2026 SNF PPS proposed pay rule was unveiled in April and revealed an underwhelming Medicare pay hike and a broad range of other issues, regulators could have expected a wide range of ...