Sen. Shelby: CMS Finalizes Long-Awaited Medicare Wage Index Fix
August 02, 2019
August 02, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Alabama, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) today announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule which will now provide relief from the increasing disproportion of reimbursement to hospitals created by the Medicare wage index.
"Alabama hospitals have suffered the negative effects of t . . .
U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) today announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule which will now provide relief from the increasing disproportion of reimbursement to hospitals created by the Medicare wage index.
"Alabama hospitals have suffered the negative effects of t . . .