Advisory
CMS issued in May three regulations on long-term care hospitals \(LTCH\). Two of the regulations are interim final rules implementing the LTCH provisions authorized by Congress in the Medicare, Medicaid, and S-CHIP Extension Act \(MMSEA\), enacted December 2007.
CMS on April 25 in the Federal Register published the inpatient rehabilitation facility \(IRF\) prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009. In addition to standard annual updates, the rule would implement the following IRF provisions authorized by Congress in the 2007…
CMS May 7 in the Federal Register published the skilled nursing facility \(SNF\) prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009. In addition to standard annual updates, the rule would implement a significant cut to offset payment increases resulting from a 2006 policy change…
On April 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its fiscal year \(FY\) 2009 proposed rule for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\). The proposed rule is available on CMS' web site and will be published in the April 30 Federal Register. Comments…
On April 7, the Internal Revenue Service \(IRS\) released draft instructions for theredesigned Form 990 released in December 2007. The final Form 990 contains a core form and 16 related schedules, including Schedule H-Hospitals, designated solely for taxexempt hospitals. Except for the required…
On March 28, information about patients' experience of hospital care from the HCAHPS survey will be shared publicly for the first time on the Hospital Quality Alliance's \(HQA\) Web site, Hospital Compare. Health care consumers highly value information about patients' perceptions of their hospital…
This member advisory highlights the types of inpatient claims that were targeted during the RAC demonstration and some strategies and tools your organization can implement to minimize the impact of future RAC audits.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) published the long-term care hospital \(LTCH\) proposed rule for rate year \(RY\) 2009 in the January 29 Federal Register.