Creating Useful Resources for Your Hospital:

Wage Index Data

The attached file contains the FY 2013 Hospital Wage Index Development Timetables for year beginning October 1, 2012. Click on the link below to download the timeline.

FY 2013 Hospital Wage Index Development Timetable

CMS has released a new methodology to calculate Defined Benefit Pension amounts. They are allowing a three year average of funded amounts with a potential to amortize prior disallowed amounts over ten years.

Click on the link to get a worksheet to calculate your allowed amount.

Pension 3 Year Average Worksheet

In addition, we've provided a convenient link to the current Wage Index files housed on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Web site.  Click below to access this data.

CMS Wage Index Files

Here is a Web site that has the history of each CBSA's Wage Index for the past three years. We will be updating the estimates with each new Public Use File CMS releases in October, February, May and August:


www.wageindex.com

We'll continue to update and post useful resources for Wage Index Data.  Please e-mail or call us at 800-862-5368 (in Arizona 602-995-9420) for more information.