Medicare Program; FY 2020 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2019 (FY 2020)
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2019-08-06 · Effective 2019-10-01 · 84 FR 38424
Document
Document number
2019-16370
Federal Register citation
84 FR 38424
CFR reference
42 CFR 412
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2019-08-06
Effective date
2019-10-01
HHS docket
CMS-1712-F
Abstract
This final rule updates the prospective payment rates, the outlier threshold, and the wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities (IPFs), which include psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an inpatient prospective payment system hospital or critical access hospital. Additionally, this final rule revises and rebases the IPF market basket to reflect a 2016 base year and removes the IPF Prospective Payment System (PPS) 1-year lag of the wage index data. Finally, this final rule implements updates to the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Quality Reporting Program. These changes will be effective for IPF discharges beginning during the fiscal year (FY) from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 (FY 2020).