Updates to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) PPS, Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) PPS Changes due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
This CR outlines changes for IPPS hospitals for Federal FY 2010, LTCHs for RY2010, IRFs for FY 2010 and OPPS for CY 2010 as a result of the Affordable Care Act. The policy changes reflected in this CR will appear in upcoming Federal Register notices for IPPS/LTCH PPS, OPPS
and IRF PPS. The changes in this CR have various retroactive effective dates. Contractors will be instructed to reprocess claims affected by the ACA in CR 7011.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: July 15, 2010
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