ACCC Submits Comments to CMS on FY2019 IPPS Proposed Rule

On June 25, 2018, the Association of Cancer Care Centers submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the fiscal year (FY) 2019 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) proposed rule. In comments to the agency:

• ACCC asked that CMS adopt a stepwise strategy on reimbursement for CAR T therapies and adopt a temporary pass-through until enough cost data can be collected to establish an adequate MS-DRG for CAR T.
• ACCC supported CMS' move to loosen hospital-within-a-hospital rules that unnecessarily impede flexibility for PPS-exempt hospitals.
• ACCC also supported CMS' move to eliminate measures from the PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting Program (PCHQR) that unnecessarily increase burdens on hospitals.

Read the full ACCC comment letter here.

Posted 6/29/2018