UNCLE SAM PROPOSES RAISING ORTHO PAYMENTS 1.8% IN 2019 (Orthopedics This Week)
CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has issued its Proposed Rule for the Fiscal Year 2019 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS).
This is the amount of money the government intends to pay for medical services starting October 2018 for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals.
It looks like artificial disc replacements are the orthopedic winners this year with a proposed 8.9% rate increase.
Larry Biegelsen and his team of analysts at Wells Fargo Securities looked at ...
