FFY 2026 IPPS Proposed Rule: Unleashing Prosperity through Deregulation of the Medicare Program
Toyon's summary of Executive Order 14192 and subsequent impact analysis.
FFY 2026 IPPS Proposed Rule: Provider Rates
Toyon's summary of CMS’s proposed changes to provider rates as part of the FY26 IPPS Proposed Rule.
FFY 2026 IPPS Proposed Rule: Uncompensated Care (UC) DSH
Toyon's summary of CMS’s proposed changes to Medicare UC DSH payments as part of the FY26 IPPS Proposed Rule and recommendations for providers.
FFY 2026 IPPS Proposed Rule: Wage Index
Toyon's summary of changes to the national AHW as part of our discussion of the FY26 IPPS Proposed Rule.
FFY 2026 IPPS Proposed Rule: Graduate Medical Education
Toyon's summary of updates to available FTE slots from hospital closures as part of the FY26 IPPS Proposed Rule.
FFY 2026 IPPS Proposed Rule: Outlier Reconciliation Changes
Reminder of Change Request 13566 and its impact on Medicare outlier payment reconciliations, and recommendations from Toyon for providers for current CCRs.
FFY 2024 IPPS Final Rule: Empirical DSH
Discussion of finalized changes to regulations on the inclusion of certain Section 1115 demonstration days in the Medicaid fraction of the empirical DSH calculation, and the impact on reporting of patient days for patients discharged on or after October 1, 2023 (FFY 2024).
FFY 2024 IPPS Final Rule: Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Nursing/Allied Health
CMS finalized the Nursing and Allied Health MA add-on rates and direct GMA MA percent reductions for CY 2022, and finalized that effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2023, REHs may be considered a non-provider site.
FFY 2024 IPPS Final Rule: Low-Volume Adjustment
CMS extends the alternative requirements to September 30, 2024, for certain hospitals to qualify for the low-volume adjustment.
FFY 2024 IPPS Final Rule: Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) Penalty
CMS re-implements the HAC penalty (1 percent) for those hospitals in the lowest quartile on select measures of hospital-acquired conditions.
