CMS proposed rule to change Medicare device and hospital payments

CQ: CMS proposes rule to change Medicare device and hospital payments "On average, Medicare inpatient rates for hospital operating expenses would rise 3.3 percent in fiscal 2008 for hospitals that report data on quality of care to CMS. Altogether, the 3,500 acute care facilities subject to the proposal would receive an added $3.3 billion because of the increase. "