Medicare Inpatient PPS Proposed
Rule Published
May 10, 2002 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) May 9 published its annual proposed
rule on changes to the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective
payment system (PPS) for Federal fiscal year 2003. Comments
on the proposal are due July 8.
According to the proposed rule, as specified in law, hospitals
would receive an update to their standardized per case payments
of 2.75 percent, which reflects CMS' current estimate of a
3.3 percent increase in the hospital market basket (an inflation
measure) less 0.55 percentage points. The AAMC, along with
the American Hospital Association and others, supports for
a legislative change to provide a full market basket increase
to hospitals in FY 2003.
The proposed rule also implements a reduction in indirect
medical education (IME) payments to teaching hospitals for
FY 2003, as specified in current law. The AAMC opposes this
reduction. The May 9 proposal also contains other changes
relating to IME and Medicare direct graduate medical education
(DGME) payments.
Information:
Karen Fisher, Senior Associate Vice President
AAMC Health Care Affairs
kfisher@aamc.org
(202) 862-6140
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