On May 11, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Proposed Rule.  According to the agency, the proposed rule signals the government’s intention of achieving the following objective: “transforming the healthcare delivery system through competition and innovation to provide patients with better value and results.”  The deadline for submitting comments on the proposed rule is July 10, 2020.