NHeLP Comment on the 2023 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) Rule and Request for Information on Health Care Quality Disparities

Executive Summary

NHeLP submitted comments on the annual Medicare IPPS Rule. Our comments address a new proposed measure, in which CMS would require hospitals to attest to several health equity domains. We ask CMS to strengthen its requirement for hospitals and programs to address disparities and improve oversight of health equity in the Medicare program by following the guideposts in the recently released Framework for Health Equity 2022-2032.