Skilled Nursing Facilities

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).

Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS)
Resource Utilization Group-Version 4 (RUG-IV)
National Provider Call with Question & Answer Session

September 1, 2010
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern

This call is one in a series of calls designed to provide information on key aspects of the RUG-IV SNF PPS case mix system which will be put into place on an interim basis effective October 1, 2010.  

As a continuation of the series, CMS subject matter experts will discuss topics such as:  the transition from RUG-III to RUG-IV, Start of Therapy and End of Therapy Other Medicare Required Assessments, and the SNF short stay policy.  A PowerPoint presentation will be posted at http://www.cms.gov/SNFPPS/02_Spotlight.asp on the CMS website prior to the call. 

In order to receive the call-in information, you must register for the call. Registration will close at 1:00 p.m. EDT on August 31, 2010, or when available space has been filled.  No exceptions will be made, so please be sure to register prior to this time.  To register for the call, go to:  www.eventsvc.com/palmettogba/090110

A transcript and audio file of the call will be available at least one week after the call at www.cms.gov/SNFPPS/02_Spotlight.asp  on the CMS website.

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