Inpatient Rehab Facility PPS
CMS late last week issued final rules for three post-acute care settings for fiscal year (FY) 2016. This bulletin highlights the final rules for: long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) and skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs).
Signed into law on Oct. 6, the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 expands the reporting requirements for post-acute care (PAC) providers.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday, July 31, and Monday, Aug. 4, issued final rules for three post-acute care settings for fiscal year (FY) 2015.
The AHA strongly opposes any further proposals to restrict the codes that qualify for the 60% Rule presumptive test, including those in the FY 2015 proposed rule.
Proposed rules are for SNFs, IRFs and LTCHs - Attachment to Bulletin with highlights
Catherine J. Barr, president of Bethesda Hospital in Saint Paul, Minn. and senior vice president for community services, including long-term acute care, home care, hospice and palliative care within the HealthEast Care System, is the 2014 chair of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section…