Long-Term Care PPS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 31 issued a final rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2026. This Regulatory Advisory reviews highlights of the LTCH provisions in the rule, while the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today finalized a 3.0% payment update for long-term care hospitals for fiscal year 2026 relative to FY 2025. This includes a 3.4% market basket update, reduced by a 0.7 percentage point productivity adjustment. In addition, although CMS will increase…
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) fiscal year (FY) 2026 LTCH prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule.
The AHA expressed concerns to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services June 10 on payment updates for the fiscal year 2026 proposed rule for the long-term care hospital prospective payment system. The updates include an insufficient market basket update and reduced overall payments to LTCHs…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 11 issued a proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 11 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2026.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 11 proposed increasing the long-term care hospital standard rate payments by 2.2% in fiscal year 2026 relative to FY 2025.
Post-acute care is provided to patients who have been discharged from an acute-care hospital but still require services such as close medical supervision, nursing care, therapies and other support.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Aug. 1 issued a final rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPSs) for fiscal year (FY) 2025.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 1 issued a final rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2025.