CMS Finalizes 2.9% Pay Bump For Inpatient Hospitals, TEAM Model

CMS will update Medicare payments for inpatient hospitals by 2.9% in fiscal 2025 , slightly higher than the 2.6% increase in the draft rule. Stakeholders who criticized the proposed cut as insufficient continue to feel the same way about the final rule. The agency also finalized the controversial model, dubbed TEAM , a mandatory, five-year program that aims to incentive more coordinated care during and after surgical procedures, even as stakeholders raised numerous concerns about the proposal. The nearly 3,000-page...