The following 15 HIPPS groups will have the highest case-mix weights under PDGM, according to the 2019 PPS final rule.
 
HIPPS
Clinical group and functional level
Timing and admission source
Comorbidity adjustment
Weight
2CC31
Wound — High
Early — Institutional
2
1.8586
2BC21
Neuro — High
Early — Institutional
2
1.8228
2IC31
MMTA — Endocrine — High
Early — Institutional
2
1.7449
2CB31
Wound — Medium
Early — Institutional
2
1.7391
2CC21
Wound — High
Early — Institutional
1
1.7335
2BB31
Neuro — Medium
Early — Institutional
2
1.7237
4CC31
Wound — High
Late — Institutional
2
1.7194
2EC31
MS Rehab — High
Early — Institutional
2
1.7123
2BC21
Neuro — High
Early — Institutional
1
1.6978
4BC31
Neuro — High
Late — Institutional
2
1.6836
1CC31
Wound — High
Early — Community
2
1.6766
2CC11
Wound — High
Early — Institutional
0
1.6739
1BC31
Neuro — High
Early — Community
2
1.6408
2BC11
Neuro — High
Early — Institutional
0
1.6381
2AC31
MMTA — Other — High
Early — Institutional
2
1.6261
 
Source: 2019 PPS final rule