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Legislative and Regulatory Update for PPS Hospitals. May 16, 2013. Agenda. FFY 2014 IPPS Proposed Rule Overall Financial Impact ( Mike ) Coding & Documentation Adjustments ( Brad ) Readmission Measures ( Mike ) Wage Index ( Brad ) Hospital Acquired Conditions Payment Reductions ( Mike )
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Legislative and Regulatory Update for PPS Hospitals May 16, 2013
Agenda • FFY 2014 IPPS Proposed Rule • Overall Financial Impact (Mike) • Coding & Documentation Adjustments (Brad) • Readmission Measures (Mike) • Wage Index (Brad) • Hospital Acquired Conditions Payment Reductions (Mike) • Uncompensated Care / DSH (Brad) • Graduate Medical Education (Mike) • Short Inpatient Stays / Observation (Brad) • Other Legislative and Regulatory Updates (Mike)
Rebasing and Revising the IPPS Market Basket • Rebasing from FY 2006 to a more current FY 2010 will have little impact on estimated Hospital Operating Index Percent Change. • Labor portion for markets with a wage index >1.00 would change from the current 68.8% to 69.6%, slightly increasing the impact of the wage index for hospitals with a wage index above 1.00. • Labor portion for markets with a wage index of =<1.00 will remain at 62%.
Methodology for Calculation of the Proposed Relative Weights for MS-DRGs • CMS proposing to calculate the relative weights based on 19 Cost to Charge Ratios (CCRs), instead of the current 15 CCRs. • CMS will use the FFY 2011 Medicare Cost reports filed on form 2552-10. • CMS will be adding new CCRs for 1) implantable devices, 2) MRIs, 3) CT scans, and 4) cardiac catheterization.
MS-DRG Documentation and Coding Adjustment • Section 631 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 requires CMS to recoup $11B in FY 2014 - FY 2017. • CMS has estimated that this will take an adjustment of -9.3%. • Proposing to take -0.8% if FFY 2014 and leave -8.5% payment adjustment for the following 3 years.
MS-DRG Documentation and Coding Adjustment • FFY 2014 (0.8)% • FFY 2015 Prior year’s decrease and additional (0.8)% (1.6)% • FFY 2016 Prior year’s decrease and additional (0.8)%(2.4)% • FFY 2017 Prior year’s decrease and additional (0.8)% (3.2)% • Question – Does that mean that in FFY 2018 the 3.2% adjustment for FFY 2017 will be reversed, since in theory the $11B will have been recouped?
Readmission Adjustment FactorFloor Adjustment Factor for FY 2014 • The Ratio equals to 1 minus (the aggregate payments for excess readmissions / the aggregate payments for all discharges). • The hospital will receive an adjustment factor that is the greater of the Ratio or a floor adjustment factor of 0.98 in FFY 2014. • In other words, for FY 2014, a hospital subject to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program would have an adjustment factor that is between 1.0 and 0.98. • In FFY 2015 the floor adjustment factor increase to .97 (or a potential for 3% reduction to payments).
Readmission MeasuresMedPAR Data to be Used • FY 2014 CMS is proposing to determine aggregate payments for excess readmissions and aggregate payments for all discharges using data from MedPAR claims with discharge dates that are on or after July 1, 2009, and no later than June 30, 2012. • Medicare Advantage (MA) admission will continue to be excluded. • FY 2013,CMS excluded admissions for MA patients based on whether the claim was identified as a MA claim in the MedPARfile or whether the FFS payment amount on the claim was for an IME payment only. • FY 2014, CMS would exclude admissions for patients enrolled in MA as identified in the Enrollment Database.
Refinement of the Readmission MeasuresNew Measures for FFY 2015 • CMS is proposing to expand the applicable conditions and procedures to include: • Patients admitted for an acute exacerbation of COPD; and • Patients admitted for elective total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). • Bring to total 5 measures with the existing acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF), and pneumonia (PN) readmission measures.
Refinement of the Readmission Measures CMS Planned Readmission Algorithm Version 2.1 • This algorithm is a set of criteria for classifying readmissions as “planned”. The algorithm identifies typical planned admissions that may occur within 30 days of discharge from the hospital. • CMS Planned Readmission Algorithm based on 3 principles: • A few specific, limited types of care are always considered planned (obstetrical delivery, transplant surgery, maintenance chemotherapy, rehabilitation); • Otherwise, a planned readmission is defined as a non-acute readmission for a scheduled procedure; and • Admissions for acute illness or for complications of care are never planned.
Refinement of the Readmission Measures • CMS is proposing that if the first readmission is planned, it will not count as a readmission, nor will any subsequent unplanned readmission within 30 days. • In other words, unplanned readmissions that occur after a planned readmission and fall within the 30-day post discharge timeframe would no longer be counted as outcomes for the first admission. • CMS estimates this will have a minimal impact.
Discharge/Transfer to Designated Disaster Alternative Care Site • CMS is proposing to add new patient discharge status code 69 (Discharged/transferred to a designated disaster alternative care site). • Will only be used with three MS-DRGs : • 280 (Acute Myocardial Infarction Discharged Alive with MCC), • 281 (Acute Myocardial Infarction Discharged Alive with CC), and • 282 (Acute Myocardial Infarction Discharged Alive without CC/MCC).
Discharges/Transfers With a Planned Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Readmission • Will only be used with three AMI MS-DRGs 280,281, 282.
Core-Based Statistical Areas for the Hospital Wage Index • On 2/28/2013, OMB issued OMB Bulletin No. 13-01, which established revised delineations for Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, • There are new CBSAs, urban counties that become rural, rural counties that become urban, and existing CBSAs that have been split apart. • In addition, the effect of the new designations on various hospital reclassifications, the outmigration adjustment, and treatment of Lugar hospitals located in certain rural counties.
Core-Based Statistical Areas for the Hospital Wage Index • CMS believes the data is not available in time to be incorporated into this year’s rulemaking cycle. • To allow for sufficient time to assess the new changes and their ramifications, CMS intends on to proposing changes to the wage index based on the newest CBSA changes in the FY 2015 proposed rule.
OMB BULLETIN NO. 13-01Expected FFY 2015 CBSA Assignments • Released February 28, 2013. • Approximately 170 hospitals assigned to different market. • Rural floor in Massachusetts and Connecticut could be impacted if implemented.
Imputed Rural Floor • CMS is proposing to extend the imputed floor policy (both the original methodology (NJ – 35 hospitals) and the alternative methodology (RI - 4 hospitals) for one additional year, through September 30, 2014, while they continue to explore potential wage index reforms.
Occupational Mix Survey • The next Occupational Mix Survey will use the provider’s data from Calendar year 2013 • The results will be used to adjust payments in FFY 2016, 2017 and 2018. • CMS will be using the same rules and definitions that are currently in use as well as the same survey form.
Hospital Acquired Conditions Reduction Program • Section 3008 of the ACA requires a 1% reduction in payment to hospitals in the top (worst performing) quartile in FFY 2015. • Use the 24-month period from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013 as the applicable time period for the AHRQ measures (Domain 1) and Calendar 2012 and 2013 for the CDC measures (Domain 2) to be applied to FFY 2015 payment. • Domain 1 and Domain 2 would be equally weighted if the date is available to create a Total HAC Score. • Hospitals will have a period of 30 days to review and submit corrections for their Total HAC Scores for the HAC Reduction Program.
New Uncompensated Care Payment • Section 3313 of the ACA reduces Federal DSH payments by 75% and replaces it with a payment for Uncompensated Care. • Three factors multiplied in the calculation: • Factor 1 is a pool of the 75% of empirical DSH payment for all DSH hospitals nationally, • Factor 2 is 1- the % reduction in the uninsured plus a statutory addition, and • Factor 3 is hospital-specific value of uncompensated care relative to the estimated uncompensated care amount for all DSH hospitals.
New Uncompensated Care PaymentFactor 3 • Cost reporting worksheet S-10 not used to calculate uncompensated care for FFY 2014 in proposed rule due to concerns over the reliability of the data in the new worksheet. • CMS has selected a method of using Insured low-income patient days (defined as inpatient days of Medicaid patients plus inpatient days of Medicare SSI patients). • Creating a fraction of the DSH provider’s insured low income days / Total insured low income days of all DSH providers. • Secretary has the authority to use estimates of uncompensated care, which is non-reviewable neither administratively nor judicially.
New Uncompensated Care Payment • CMS is estimating that Factor 1 will be $9.2535B or about 7% higher than amount calculated from the NPRM FFY2014 IPPS impact file. • CMS is using the March 20, 2010 CBO projection for 2013 (18%) and the February 5, 2013 CBO projection of uninsured for all residents for 2014 (16%) for Factor 2. • By statue CMS must reduce Factor 2 by -0.1% for FFY 2014. • A table of hospital specific Factor 3 is on CMS’ website where they publish SSI% by year.
New Uncompensated Care Payment • In the case of hospitals that CMS estimated would receive a Medicare DSH payment for a fiscal year and that received interim DSH payments and uncompensated care payments, but are found to be ineligible for DSH payments at cost report settlement, CMS would recover the overpayment. • CMS is proposing to only calculate the denominator once, at the time of the IPPS final rule. CMS will not recalculate the denominator of Factor 3 at the time when cost reports are settled and final eligibility determinations for uncompensated care and Medicare DSH payments.
New Uncompensated Care Payment • Like the rest country, as a whole New England hospitals will see a payment reduction with Rhode Island seeing a small increase. One thing to keep in mind is that it appears there may be some errors CMS’ determination of which hospital will get DSH for FFY 2014 and since you have to get Federal DSH to qualify for an uncompensated care payment we expect some revisions when the final rule is published.
New Uncompensated Care PaymentSole Community Hospitals • Same processes of interim and final payments for SCHs that is proposed for eligible IPPS DSH hospitals. • One key difference, SCHs are paid the higher of the Federal rate or a hospital-specific payment rate, under Section 1886(d)(3) of the Act specifically provides that SCH payments are to be made on a per-discharge basis. • Since the Uncompensated Care payment will not be made on a per-discharge basis the payment would not be accounted for in determining whether an SCH is paid the higher of the Federal rate or the hospital-specific rate.
Allina Health Services v. Sebelius • On November 15, 2012 the Federal District Court of DC issued a favorable decision for DSH providers. • The court ruled that CMS could not include Medicare Advantage / HMO days in the calculation of the Medicare fraction (SSI%). • In most case this will increase the Medicare fraction (SSI%). • CMS has appealed the decision and will continue with it practice of including MA. • Provider should file cost reports with this as a protested item and appeal all NPRs within 180 days to protect their rights.
Medicare Advantage Days in the Medicare Fractions for DSH • In November 2012 Federal District Court for the District of Columbia in a ruling in the case of Allina Health Services, et al., v. Sebelius held putting MA patient days in the Medicare fraction was not a logical outgrowth of prior regulation. • CMS is appealing the decision. • “However, in an abundance of caution and for the reasons discussed above, in this proposed rule, we are proposing to readopt the policy of counting the days of patients enrolled in MA plans in the Medicare fraction of the DPP.”
Metropolitan Hospital v. Sebelius • On November March 27, 2013 the Federal District Appeals Court of Western Michigan issued a unfavorable decision for DSH providers. • The dispute is related to dual-eligible exhausted benefit days. • Dual-eligible patient exhausts his or her coverage for a particular spell of illness, then the subsequent patient days are called “dual-eligible exhausted benefit days” and are generally paid by Medicaid as the payor of last resort.
Metropolitan Hospital v. Sebelius • In the FFY 2005 IPPS final rule, CMS issued adopting a policy to include the days associated with dual-eligible beneficiaries in the Medicare fraction on the basis that they are and continue to be “entitled to benefits under [Medicare] part A”. • Majority of the court agreed.
Counting of Inpatient Days for Medicare Payment or Eligibility Purposes • Patient days associated with maternity patients who were admitted as inpatients and were receiving ancillary labor and delivery services at the time the inpatient routine census is taken would be included in the Medicare utilization calculation. • This will reduce direct GME payments since direct GME payments are partially based upon a hospital’s Medicare utilization ratio. • The change in the treatment of maternity patient would cause the denominator (hospital’s total inpatient days) to increase at a higher rate than the numerator (hospital’s Medicare inpatient days)
Residents That Train at CAHs • Section 5504(a) of the Affordable Care Act on a prospective basis to specifically identify the setting in which time spent by residents training outside of the hospital setting may be counted for both direct GME and IME purposes, a hospital’s ability to count residents not training in the hospital is now limited to only those settings that are “nonproviders.” • Since CAH is defined as a provider in the statute, CMS is proposing that, effective October 1, 2013, a hospital may not claim the time FTE residents are training at a CAH for IME and/or direct GME purposes.
Residents That Train at CAHs • A CAH may incur the costs of training the FTE residents for the time that the FTE residents rotate to the CAH, and receive payment based on 101 percent of its Medicare reasonable costs under § 413.70 of the regulations.
Per Resident Amount • The proposed rule provides notice of the expiration of the freeze applied to certain Per Resident Amount (PRA). • Hospital-specific PRA that exceeded 140% the locality-adjusted national average PRA is set to expire October 1, 2013, the usual full CPI-U update will take place. • If you’re a provider that has previously had your PRA frozen since you exceeded the 140% criteria, I might hold off on budgeting the increase for 1-2 years (since this might be a ripe target for future reductions).
