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ihlr-21337	Connelly, Patricia	A Hospital-within-a-hospital: Good for Hospitals, Good for Patients	2016	48	.pdf	application/pdf	12521	490	39	Medicare is a health insurance program run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), as the operating agent of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), meant to assist both the elderly and the disabled.27 Hospitals agree to provide hospital services to those eligible for Medicare when hospitals file their agreement with the Secretary of HHS.28 Acute care hospitals agree to accept Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) payments when they deliver inpatient care to Medicare patients.29 Medicare pays for acute care hospital operating costs under a system called the prospective payment system (“Inpatient PPS”), where each discharge is paid for according to a predetermined specific rate.30 The prospective payment system was established for: the operating costs of inpatient hospital services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1983 and a prospective payment system for the capital-related costs of inpatient hospital services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in 26 Underpayment by Medicare and Medicaid Fact Sheet, AM. A HOSPITAL-WITHIN-A-HOSPITAL: GOOD FOR HOSPITALS, GOOD FOR PATIENTS Patricia Connelly I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................	cache/ihlr-21337.pdf	txt/ihlr-21337.txt