FFY 2024 IPPS Proposed Rule: Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC)
On April 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the FFY 2024 IPPS Proposed Rule (effective for discharges on or after October 1, 2023).” Toyon is pleased to provide our summary of Section 11: FFY 2024 IPPS Proposed Rule: Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program
Hospitals in the lowest quartile on select measures of hospital-acquired conditions will receive the one percent payment reduction under the HAC Reduction Program in FFY 2024 (unlike FFY 2023, CMS does not propose to suppress the HAC adjustment in FFY 2024). Also, CMS requests comments on new measurements advancing patient safety and reducing health disparities for consideration in future years, updating the targeting criteria for an Extraordinary Circumstances Exemption (ECE), and implementing a Request for Reconsideration Process for invalidated results.
For more information, please contact Robert Howey at robert.howey@toyonassociates.com.
Comments are due to CMS by Friday, June 9 via https://www.regulations.gov/ (see instructions under the “submit a comment” tab and reference file code “CMS-1785-P”). Toyon will share our comment letter in the coming weeks.