Most short-term acute-care inpatient hospital stays covered under Medicare Part A are payable under the IPPS, based upon the MS-DRG to which that case is assigned. Each FY, CMS publishes a final rule setting out the IPPS changes for that FY. The IPPS changes for FY 2016 can be found in more detail in the source authorities cited at the end of this note.
The 2016 OPPS proposed rule is likely to continue CMS' trend of expanded packaging and feature refinements and expansion of comprehensive APCs based on comments CMS has made in prior rules.
