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Section 4432(a) of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 modified how payment is made for Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) services. Effective with cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 1998, SNFs are no longer paid on a reasonable cost basis or through low volume prospectively determined rates, but rather on the basis of a prospective payment system (PPS). The PPS payment rates are adjusted for case mix and geographic variation in wages and cover all costs of furnishing covered SNF services (routine, ancillary, and capital-related costs).
AHA News
- Apr 25, 2012 | CMS proposes easing supervision for 27 outpatient therapy services
- Apr 16, 2012 | OIG recommends CMS revise nursing home preparedness requirements
- Mar 15, 2012 | CMS program targets avoidable nursing home hospitalizations
- Nov 03, 2011 | Lawsuit seeks to halt Medi-Cal cuts to hospital-based skilled nursing units
- Jul 29, 2011 | CMS releases final SNF payment rule for FY 2012
- Jul 08, 2011 | CMS announces nursing home, care coordination projects
- Jun 27, 2011 | AHA urges caution on SNF 'parity adjustment'
- Apr 29, 2011 | 2) CMS releases proposed SNF, other payment rules for FY 2012
- Mar 02, 2011 | CMS to host March 10 call on SNF value-based purchasing program
- Jan 05, 2011 | NJHA issues pandemic flu planning guide for nursing homes
Publications
- May 15, 2012 | Focus on the C-Suite: Frontliner-in-chief
- May 15, 2012 | Changing spaces
- May 15, 2012 | CMS change a step in the right direction
- Apr 15, 2012 | ES and <em>C. diff</em>
- Apr 15, 2012 | Hospitals Get Aggressive, Infections Plunge
- Apr 15, 2012 | Business Watch
Recent Efforts
- Oct 18, 2011 | AHA, Health Organizations Letter to Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Re: Cuts in IRF
- Oct 03, 2011 | Health Organizations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Re: GME
- Sep 01, 2011 | Skilled Nursing Facility PPS: The Final Rule For FY 2012
- Jun 27, 2011 | AHA Comments to CMS Re: FY 2012 Proposed Rule for the SNF Prospective Payment System
- Jul 19, 2010 | AHA Special Bulletin: CMS Issues Post-Acute Payment Updates
- Jan 25, 2010 | 2010 Census: Procedures for Interviewing Patients Who Live in Health Care Facilities
- Sep 04, 2009 | Skilled Nursing Facility PPS: The Final Rule for FY 2010
- Jul 27, 2009 | AHA, Healthcare Coalition Re: FHA's Section 232 Senior Residential and Section 242 Hospital programs
- Jun 15, 2009 | Skilled Nursing Facility PPS: The Proposed Rule for FY 2010
- Aug 20, 2008 | Skilled Nursing Facilities: The Final Rule for FY 2009
