Long-Term Care Hospital PPS
Section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iv)(II) of the Act had provided an alternative definition of LTCHs. However, with the changes required by section 15008 of the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L 114-255), hospitals meeting this alternative definition were, effective January 1, 2015, redesignated as a separate category of inpatient PPS-excluded hospitals at section 1886(d)(1)(b)(vi) of the Act, referred to as “Extended Neoplastic Disease Care Hospitals.” As such, hospitals now classified as Extended Neoplastic Disease Care Hospitals (including provider 33-2006) are no longer LTCHs and are no longer paid under the LTCH PPS at section 1886(m) of the Act.
Section 123 of the BBRA requires the PPS for LTCHs to be a per discharge system with a diagnosis-related group (DRG) based patient classification system that reflects the differences in patient resources and costs in LTCHs while maintaining budget neutrality. Section 307(b)(1) of BIPA, among other things, mandates that the Secretary shall examine, and may provide for, adjustments to payments under the LTCH PPS, including adjustments to DRG weights, area wage adjustments, geographic reclassification, outliers, updates, and a disproportionate share adjustment.
Transition of Inpatient Hospital Review Workload
Please see links below in the Downloads Section to some helpful informational materials on the subject of Inpatient Prospective Payment System Hospital and Long Term Care Hospital Review and Measurement.
Hospital Center
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Downloads
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LTCH Payment System Refinement/Evaluation: Statement of Work (PDF) -
Inpatient Review Transition PowerPoint Slides (ZIP) -
LTCH Payment System Refinement/Evaluation: Purpose (PDF) -
Facility Level Characteristics of LTCHs -- Winter 2001 (PDF) -
Inpatient Review Transition Fact Sheet (PDF)