CCH reports in their August 12, 2008 Medicare and Medicaid Guide that the average hourly wage thresholds for geographic reclassification for hospital wage index will be raised over two federal fiscal years., beginning with FY 2010.
August 12,2008 CCH report
August 29, 2008
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NJHA NewsLink Report
August 17, 2008NJHA NewsLink of 8/4/08 reports for the new Hospital PPS effective 10/1/08:
1. The rural wage index floor will move from being based on national budget neutrality to state budget neutrality over 3 years.
2. CMS is moving forward with its plans to phase out the indirect medical education adjustment to capital payments by reducing payments by 50 percent in 2009 and then eliminating the IME adjustment in 2010.
3. Wage index reclassifications will become more difficult (hospital must meet higher wage threshold.)
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