Proposed Rule: Medicare Inpatient Hospital Operating and Capital Payment for Fiscal Year 2017
CMS estimates that policies and rates in the proposed rule would increase combined operating and capital payments to the approximately 3,330 acute care hospitals paid under the IPPS by about $539 million in FY 2017 compared to FY 2016. The increase results from an increase of about $375 million in IPPS operating payments and an increase of about $164 million in IPPS capital payments.