6/16/22 — APIC submitted comments to CMS on proposed rules updating Medicare payment programs for acute care hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, cancer hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and skilled nursing facilities. Among positions taken by APIC are support for continuing the measure suppression policy implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, support for new NHSN digital HAI measures but at a later date, and support for a new SNF HAIs Requiring Hospitalization measure. APIC also provided input on overarching principles for measuring equity and healthcare Quality disparities. Read APIC’s full comments on:

• FY 2023 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Payment System (IPPS/LTCH) (submitted June 17) – this includes updates for acute care, LTACH, and cancer hospitals.
• FY 2023 Inpatient Rehab Facility PPS (IRF PPS) (submitted May 31), and
• FY 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility PPS (SNF PPS) (submitted June 10).