Michigan’s primary election was held Tuesday, Aug. 2, finalizing the November general election ballot. The 2022 midterm election is critical to Michigan’s healthcare future given the number of key elected positions up for election …
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a final rule to update the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2023. The rule will: Reduce disproportionate …
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a final rule to update the Medicare fee-for-service prospective payment system for inpatient psychiatric facilities for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which begins …
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released a final rule to update the Medicare fee-for-service prospective payment system for inpatient rehabilitation facilities for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which begins …
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a final rule to update the Medicare fee-for-service long-term care hospital prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which begins Oct. …
In preparation for the state’s anticipated grant program to implement an Emergency Department Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (ED MOUD) program, the MHA is asking all members to fill out …
Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment in Michigan totaled approximately 1.20 million in July, an increase of 15,000 beneficiaries since April. The July MA enrollment is spread across 47 MA plans that are currently operating in the …
It’s well known within the healthcare industry that issues of employee turnover, lack of applicants and salary compression were exacerbated in 2020 and 2021. Unfortunately, these trends have continued throughout …
“The Labor Department reported that the U.S. added 528,000 jobs in July including 69,600 in healthcare. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, June job openings were down to 10.7 million from 11.3 million in May and government officials announced that the economy has now recouped the 22 million jobs lost in the pandemic.
But the more sobering news is that inflation has negated the workforce’ 5.1% wage gain in the last year and 1 in 5 workers is looking for employment elsewhere for higher pay and better benefits. And it’s even worse in the healthcare delivery workforce—the hospitals, long-term care facilities, clinics and ancillary service providers where 12 million work. During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital employee turnover increased to 19.5%–five times higher than the general workforce. And today, 45% of physicians report burnout—double the rate pre-pandemic.”
Members are reminded to review their preliminary wage and occupational mix data released May 23 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and submit any requests for changes to their Medicare Administrative Contractor by Sept. 2 since no new requests for changes will be accepted after that date.
The MHA received media coverage on a variety of topics during the weeks of Aug. 1 and Aug. 8. Areas of focus included health insurance tax credits from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), healthcare benefits in the Inflation Reduction Act, growing demand for healthcare careers and more.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to update the Medicare fee-for-service prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2022 which begins Oct. 1, 2021.
The IPF proposed rule would:
Provide a net 2.2 % increase to the federal per diem base rate, increasing it from $815.22 to $833.50, while also increasing the payment for electroconvulsive therapy treatment from $350.97 to $358.84. IPFs that fail to comply with CMS quality reporting program requirements are subject to a 2 percentage point reduction to the federal rates.
Result in a slight decrease to the labor-related share from 77.3% to 77.1%.
Decrease the cost outlier threshold by 4% from the current $14,630 to $14,030, which should result in slightly more cases qualifying for an outlier payment.
Update the IPF PPS teaching policy for IPF hospital closures and displaced residents, making it consistent with changes included in the FY 2021 inpatient PPS final rule.
Modify the IPF quality reporting program by:
Adopting voluntary patient-level data reporting for data submitted for payment determination for FY 2023 and mandatory patient-level data reporting for payment determination for FY 2024 and future years.
Adopting the COVID-19 Healthcare Personnel Vaccination measure for the FY 2023 payment determination and subsequent years.
Adopting the Follow-up After Psychiatric Hospitalization (FAPH) measure for the FY 2024 payment determination and subsequent years.
Removing four measures starting with FY 2024 payment determinations:
Alcohol Use Brief Intervention Provided or Offered and Alcohol Use Brief Intervention Provided (SUB-2/2a).
Tobacco Use Brief Intervention Provided or Offered and Tobacco Use Brief Intervention Provided (TOB-2/2a).
Timely Transmission of Transition Record (Discharges from an Inpatient Facility to Home/Self Care or Any Other Site of Care).
Follow-up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness (FUH).
Within the proposed rule is a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on closing the health equity gap in the CMS quality programs. The agency seeks to base reporting of health disparities on social risk factors and race and ethnicity so it is more comprehensive and actionable for facilities, providers and patients. The CMS will use the feedback to inform a future, comprehensive RFI focused on closing the health equity gap in the CMS programs and policies.
The CMS will accept comments on the proposed rule until June 7. The MHA will provide IPFs with an estimated impact analysis and summary of the proposed rule within the next month. Members with questions should contact Vickie Kunz at the MHA.
