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RIN: 0938-AP80

Publication ID: Fall 2010

Title: Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System
Abstract: This rule updates the fiscal year (FY) 2011 hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) and long-term care prospective payment system (LTCH PPS). This rule payments to hospitals for inpatient services that are contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Affordable Care Act) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA) (collectively known as the Affordable Care Act). It would also specify statutorily required changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the rates for Medicare acute care hospital inpatient services for operating costs and capital-related costs, and for long-term care hospital costs.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 412
Legal Authority: Sec 1886(d) of the Social Security Act

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		08/01/2010
NPRM	Statutory		04/01/2010

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	05/04/2010	75 FR 23851
NPRM Comment Period End	06/18/2010
Second NPRM	06/02/2010	75 FR 30917
Second NPRM Comment Period End	07/02/2010
Final Action	08/16/2010	75 FR 50041

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Tiffany Swygert Health Insurance Specialist Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mailstop C4-25-11, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244 Phone:410 786-4642 Email: tiffany.swygert@cms.hhs.gov