For FY 2022, CMS is updating the IPF PPS payment rates by 2.0% based on the final IPF market basket estimate of 2.7%, less a 0.7 percentage point productivity adjustment. In addition, the final rule updates the outlier threshold to maintain outlier payments at 2.0% of total payments. This adjustment will result in a 0.1% overall increase to aggregate payments. Total payments to IPFs are estimated to increase by 2.1% or $80 million in FY 2022 relative to IPF payments in FY 2021.

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