Welcome to the CMS web page for Acute Inpatient. The Acute Inpatient web page has been re-designed to incorporate all Acute Inpatient specific information in one place. We will continue to add information to this page as it becomes available, and hope to improve both functionality and formatting to make the page more user-friendly.

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Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System
Related Information

• Background Information
• Overview
• Federal Regulations and Notices
• Public Use Files (Files for Download)
• Wage Index
• Outlier Payments
• PC PRICER - program used by CMS to calculate APC rates, coinsurance and deductibles
• Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH)
• Indirect Medical Education (IME)
• New Medical Services and New Technologies
• Effects of Implementing the Postacute Transfer Policy
• Press Releases
  • Medicare Program Notice (CMS-1373-N, PDF 135KB) One-Time Appeal Process for Hospital Wage Index Classification went on public display at the Federal Register on 12/31/03. View the Press Release
  • Medicare Announces Increase in Payment Rates for Hospital Inpatient Care in FY 2003
  • Medicare Proposes Increase for Payment Rates for Hospital Inpatient Care
• Acute Inpatient-Specific Program Transmittals
• Program Memorandums
• Hospital Open Door Forum
• Quarterly Provider Update
• Provider Reimbursement Review Board
• Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board