Change Recommendations for CMS’ Proposed Inpatient Rule

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Change Recommendations for CMS’ Proposed Inpatient Rule

The Society submits comments and recommendations on Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates; Proposed Changes to Disclosure of Physician Ownership in Hospitals and Physician Self-Referral Rules; and Proposed Collection of Information Regarding Financial Relationships Between Hospitals and Physicians.

The Heart Rhythm Society welcomed the opportunity to provide written comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule for fiscal year 2009 hospital inpatient prospective payment system, published in the Federal Register on April 30, 2008. On June 13, 2008 the Society submitted comments focusing on the following:

Expediting efforts for CMS to establish a separate cost center for implantable devices
Highlighting the strategic direction of the ICD Registry™
Providing reasons why iatrogenic pneumothorax and Staphylococcus Aureus-septicemia should be removed from the Hospital-Acquired Conditions list
Acknowledging the potential of gainsharing arrangements, among other issues

Download and read the Society’s complete comment letter (PDF, 220K).