CMS published a Public Use File (PUF) for the FY 2025 wage Index January 31, 2024. This file reflects the Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III wage data from cost reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 (FY Beginning from 10/1/2020 to 9/30/2021).
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2025, PUF. Note, February 16, 2024 is the deadline for hospitals to submit requests (including supporting documentation) for: 1) corrections to errors in the January PUFs due to CMS or MAC mishandling of the wage index data, or 2) revisions of desk review adjustments to their wage index data as included in the January PUFs (and to provide documentation to support the request). MACs must receive the requests and supporting documentation by this date.
https://www.hfssoft.com/doc/FY25_Jan_PUF.20240131.S-3 Data PUF.csv
CMS published a preliminary Public Use File (PUF) for the FY 2025 wage Index May 23, 2022. This file reflects the Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III wage data from cost reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 (FY beginning from 10/1/20 to 9/30/2021).
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2025, Preliminary PUF:
https://www.hfssoft.com/doc/FY25_May_S3_Preliminary_PUF.20230710.S-3 Data PUF.csv
CMS has released the final FY 2024 wage index and occupational mix data PUFs on CMS Web page. Hospitals will have approximately 1 month to verify their data and submit correction requests to both CMS and their MAC to correct errors due to CMS or MAC mishandling of the final wage and occupational mix data. A hospital requesting a correction must submit its request, by email (email only will be permissible), along with complete, appropriate detailed documentation, to both its A/B MACS and CMS, no later than May 26, 2023. The PUF is available at the below link:
https://www.hfssoft.com/doc/FY24_April_PUF.20230428.S-3 Data PUF.csv
CMS published a Public Use File (PUF) for the FY 2024 wage Index January 30, 2023. This file reflects the Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III wage data from cost reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 (FY Beginning from 10/1/2019 to 9/30/2020).
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2024, PUF. Note, February 15, 2023 is the deadline for hospitals to submit requests (including supporting documentation) for: 1) corrections to errors in the January PUFs due to CMS or MAC mishandling of the wage index data, or 2) revisions of desk review adjustments to their wage index data as included in the January PUFs (and to provide documentation to support the request). MACs must receive the requests and supporting documentation by this date.
https://www.hfssoft.com/doc/FY24_Jan_PUF.20230130.S-3 Data PUF.csv
CMS published a preliminary Public Use File (PUF) for the FY 2024 wage Index May 23, 2022. This file reflects the Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III wage data from cost reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 (FY Beginning from 10/1/19 to 9/30/2020).
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2024, Preliminary PUF:
FY_2024_Prelim_S3 wage tab_20220523.csv
CMS has released the final FY 2023 wage index and occupational mix data PUFs on CMS Web page. Hospitals will have approximately 1 month to verify their data and submit correction requests to both CMS and their MAC to correct errors due to CMS or MAC mishandling of the final wage and occupational mix data.
https://www.hfssoft.com/doc/FY23_April_PUF.20220429.S-3 Data PUF.csv
CMS published a Public Use File (PUF) for the FY 2023 wage Index January 28, 2022. This file reflects the Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III wage data from cost reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 (FY Beginning from 10/1/18 to 9/30/2019).
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2023, PUF. Note, February 15, 2022 is the deadline for hospitals to submit requests (including supporting documentation) for: 1) corrections to errors in the January PUFs due to CMS or MAC mishandling of the wage index data, or 2) revisions of desk review adjustments to their wage index data as included in the January PUFs (and to provide documentation to support the request). MACs must receive the requests and supporting documentation by this date.
FY23_Jan_PUF.20220128.S-3 Data PUF.csv
CMS published a preliminary Public Use File (PUF) for the FY 2023 wage Index May 24, 2021. This file reflects the Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III wage data from cost reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 (FY Beginning from 10/1/18 to 9/30/2019).
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2023, Preliminary PUF:
FY_2023_Prelim_S3 wage tab_05182020.csv
CMS published a Public Use File (PUF) for the FY 2022 wage Index January 29, 2021. This file reflects the Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III wage data from cost reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 (FY Beginning from 10/1/17 to 9/30/2018).
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2022, PUF. Note, February 16, 2021 is the deadline for hospitals to submit requests (including supporting documentation) for: 1) corrections to errors in the January PUFs due to CMS or MAC mishandling of the wage index data, or 2) revisions of desk review adjustments to their wage index data as included in the January PUFs (and to provide documentation to support the request). MACs must receive the requests and supporting documentation by this date.
https://www.hfssoft.com/doc/FY_2022_January_29_2021_S3_Data_PUF.csv
CMS published a preliminary Public Use File (PUF) for the FY 2022 wage Index May 18, 2020. This file reflects the Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III wage data from cost reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 (FY Beginning from 10/1/17 to 9/30/2018).
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2022, Preliminary PUF:
FY_2022_Prelim_S3 wage tab_05182020.csv