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Morrow County Hospital receives 5-star rating for quality
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MOUNT GILEAD Morrow County Hospital was one of only 35 hospitals in Ohio that received a 5-star rating from CMS (The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) based on 37 measures of performance in five categories that include mortality, safety of care, readmission rates, patient experience and timely/effective care.
Hospitals report data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, and Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program. Overall star ratings aren’t calculated for Veterans Health Administration or Department of Defense hospitals.
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On April 27, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). The proposed rule includes CMS proposals for certain annual Medicare payment policies and rates as well as certain quality and value-based programs for FY 2022. Stakeholders must submit any comments in response to the proposed rule by June 28, 2021.
Below are highlighted FY 2022 IPPS proposals that reflect CMS’ effort to streamline some of its existing payment policies.
Payment. CMS proposes to increase operating payment rates for general acute care hospitals that (i) participate in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program and (ii) are meaningful electronic health record users. Specifically, the Medicare IPPS rate for FY 2022 for eligible hospitals would increase by approximately 2.8 percent, which reflects an approximately $3