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CMS’s Interim Final Rule Abandons Low Wage Index Hospital Policy

[10/15/24]

Posted on October 15, 2024 in Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

On October 3, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published an interim final rule that eliminated the low wage index hospital policy and related budget neutrality adjustments. This action was prompted by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to vacate the policy in Bridgeport Hospital v Becerra (“Bridgeport“) concluding that the... READ MORE

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