CMS published the final FY 2016 wage index Public Use File (PUF) on May 1, 2015. CMS indicated that 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.
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2016, Final Rule PUF:
FY 2016 May 1 2015 Wage Index PUF HFS Modified CSV 2552-10
CMS published a revised wage index Public Use File (PUF) on February 13, 2015. CMS indicated that the data has been desk reviewed and verified by the MACs before being published.
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2016, Final Rule PUF:
FY 2016 February 2015 Wage Index PUF HFS Modified CSV 2552-10
CMS Published the FY 2016 Preliminary wage index files on the CMS Web site. These files contain the preliminary worksheet S-3, Part II cost report wage data from FY 2012. Hospitals will have until early October 2014 to request revisions to the wage data posted in the Preliminary S-3 PUF and Preliminary CY 2013 Occupational Mix Survey data PUF.
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2016, Proposed Rule PUF:
FY 2016 May 2014 Preliminary Wage Index PUF HFS Modified CSV 2552-10
CMS published the final wage index Public Use File (PUF) reflecting the Final Rule for the FY 2015 IPPS update on July 31, 2014. The July 2014 public use file FY 2015 reflects the final rule wage index data. The effective date of the FY 2015 wage index is October 1, 2014.
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2015, Final Rule PUF:
FY 2015 final rule Wage Index PUF HFS Modified CSV 2552-10
CMS Published the FY 2015 Proposed Rule with PUFs for wage index and occupational mix files on the CMS Web site. This data has been desk reviewed and verified by the MACs. Hospitals will have until June 2nd, 2014, to verify their data and submit correction requests for errors due to CMS or FI/MAC mishandling of the final wage and occupational mix data.
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for the Federal Fiscal Year 2015, Proposed Rule PUF:
FY 2015 May 2014 Wage Index PUF HFS Modified CSV 2552-10
CMS Published revised FY 2015 wage index and occupational mix files as PUFs on the CMS Web site. These data will have been desk reviewed and verified by the FIs/MACs before being published. The deadline for hospitals to submit requests (including supporting documentation) for: 1) corrections to errors in the February PUFs due to CMS or FI/MAC mishandling of the wage index data, or 2) revisions of desk review adjustments to their wage index data as included in the February PUFs (and to provide documentation to support the request). FIs/MACs must receive the requests and supporting documentation by this date. No new requests for wage index and occupational mix data revisions will be accepted by the FIs/MACs at this point, as it is too late in the process for FIs/MACs to handle data that is new in a timely manner.
The following file has been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for Federal Fiscal Year 2015:
FY 2015 February 2014 Wage Index PUF HFS Modified CSV 2552-10
CMS published the Preliminary Public Use File (PUF) for the FY 2015 wage index and occupational mix on 9/13/2013. This file reflects the Worksheet S-3, Parts II and III wage data from cost reports for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 (FY Beginning from 10/1/10 to 9/30/2011). Hospitals will have until November 21, 2013 to request revisions to the wage data posted in the September PUF.
The following files have been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for Federal Fiscal Year 2015:
For cost reports filed on the Form 2552-10: 5-3-2014 Hospital WI PUF HFS modified CSV 2552-10
The May 2013 public use files were made available solely for the purpose of identifying any potential errors made by CMS or the fiscal intermediary/MAC in the entry of the final wage index data.
The following files have been created and can be downloaded and used with the Wage Index Verification Tool for Federal Fiscal Year 2015:
For cost reports filed on the Form 2552-96: Hospital FFY 2014 WI PUF HFS modified CSV 2552-96
For cost reports filed on the Form 2552-10: Hospital FFY 2014 WI PUF HFS modified CSV 2552-10