CMS releases guidance implementing CARES Act provisions
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released new guidance implementing several provisions included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
These provisions include for COVID-19 patients a Medicare add-on payment of 20%, for both rural and urban hospitals; a waiver of the long-term care hospital site-neutral policy; a waiver of the LTCH “50% Rule”; and a waiver of the inpatient rehabilitation facility “3-hour Rule."
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