HFS News & Information

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