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The continuing shift toward basing hospital reimbursement on quality emphasized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule for 2014 raises the stakes for hospitals, especially those that treat a lot of Medicare patients.

Proposed IPPS rule focuses on quality

The continuing shift toward basing hospital reimbursement on quality emphasized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule for 2014 raises the stakes for hospitals, especially those that treat a lot of Medicare patients.