CMS Call for Public Comments on Proposed Rules Intended to Close Health Equity Gaps in Post-Acute Care

ARN is soliciting input from its members on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Rates Proposed Rule (CMS-1752-P).

CMS is seeking information from the public on closing health equity gaps in post-acute care. Specifically, CMS is inviting comments on:

• Recommendations for quality measures, or measurement domains, that address health equity;
• Recommendations on how existing data collection could be used to address health equity in care of long term care hospital patients;
• Recommendations for how CMS can promote health equity in outcomes for long term care hospital patients;
• Recommendations on how to use data to reduce disparities and improve patient outcomes;
• Existing challenges for long term care hospitals in the effective capture, use, and exchange of health information including data on race, ethnicity, and other social determinations of health to support care delivery and decision making.

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ARN is soliciting input from its members to inform ARN's response to the above request for information. Comments to inform ARN's response should be directed to Jeremy Scott at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than 4 pm CT, June 18. ARN members wishing to submit their own comments may do so at this link until 4 pm CT, June 28.