About Benchmarks:

Are you ready for this regulation? Use this benchmark to find out. Each benchmark is build directly for the federal regulation.  They reflect the learning objectives of the related course. The benchmark is not a "trivia test" - they help you evaluate your readiness to apply the new regulation. Contact us for more information and/or personalized benchmarks for your specific organization/industry.

Benchmark: Comprehensive Guide to Medicare IPPS and LTCH PPS Updates for 2025

Take this benchmark to assess how much you would benefit from taking the course on Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP; Hospital IPPS/LTCH Payment Systems; Policy Changes & FY 2025 Rates; Quality Programs & Other Policies. In about five minutes, you will surface where the final rule CMS-1808-F could materially affect your organization’s payments, quality scores, and compliance exposure.

What you’ll get from this benchmark:
– A quick read on whether your team understands the intent behind key changes (why CMS made them) versus just the mechanics.
– Clarity on operational impacts across finance, revenue cycle, quality reporting, compliance, case management, and post-acute coordination.
– Insight into equity and access implications (who may be helped or strained by wage index shifts, site-neutral policies, or HCAHPS changes).
– A sense of your readiness for attestation-based measures, interoperability requirements, and TEAM episode accountability.
– A shortlist of blind spots to target in the course, so you can prioritize the modules with the highest ROI.

Use your results to decide: Do you need a full walkthrough of IPPS/LTCH payment updates, or a focused dive on wage index, DSH/uncompensated care dynamics, quality reporting changes, essential medicines payment, and TEAM? The course turns these pressure points into practical steps—what to adjust, when, and who must be involved—so you can protect reimbursement, avoid penalties, and improve patient outcomes while staying compliant.

NOTE: Unless otherwise indicated, all Benchmarks are free of charge!

Federal Register Title
This benchmark will help determine your readiness for: Federal Register Document titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs and the Children’s Health Insurance Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2025 Rates; Quality Programs Requirements; and Other Policy Changes. Document Number: 2024-17021

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FR-24-246-1