Hospitals Slam CMS’ Proposed 2.6% Hospital Inpatient Pay Bump For 2025

CMS’ proposal to increase Medicare hospital inpatient payments by less than 3% for 2025 is deficient and disregards the increased inflation and operational costs, on-going labor shortages and aging patient population that hospitals are facing, hospitals say after CMS unveiled the proposed pay rule Wednesday (April 10). The 2.6% pay increase for 2025 reflects a 3% market basket update reduced by a 0.4 percentage point productivity adjustment. The proposed rates, and other changes, will increase hospital pay by $3.2 billion,...