Medicare Program; Extension of the Payment Adjustment for Low-Volume Hospitals and the Medicare-Dependent Hospital (MDH) Program Under the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) for Acute Care Hospitals for Fiscal Year 2014
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2014-03-18 · Effective 2014-03-14 · 79 FR 15022
Document
Document number
2014-05922
Federal Register citation
79 FR 15022
CFR reference
42 CFR 412
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule with comment period.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2014-03-18
Effective date
2014-03-14
HHS docket
CMS-1599-IFC2
Abstract
This interim final rule with comment period implements changes to the payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to the Medicare- dependent hospital (MDH) program under the hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for FY 2014 (through March 31, 2014) in accordance with sections 1105 and 1106, respectively, of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013.