Medicare Pay Expected To Increase By 2.2% At Inpatient Psych Facilities

CMS expects a 2.2 percent increase in Medicare pay to inpatient psychiatric facilities next year, according to the notice on pay rates and policies for the sector that CMS published Thursday (July 28). The final pay rule also incorporates the most recent Office of Management and Budget's redrawn labor market areas, which changed the status of some facilities from rural to urban. That means those facilities will lose the 17 percent pay bump that rural providers receive, and last year...