Long-Term Care PPS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) April 10 issued a proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2027.
A group of hospital stakeholders, including the American Hospital Association, the Federation of American Hospitals, National Association of Long Term Hospitals and Coalition of Long-Term Acute-Care Hospitals, released the Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Reform Policy Principles.
While the American Hospital Association appreciates CMS’s efforts to expand the reach of value-based models, we believe that mandatory participation presents significant challenges, particularly for hospitals that lack the scale or financial capacity to make the necessary investments in care…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 10 proposed increasing the long-term care hospital standard rate payments by 2.4% in fiscal year 2027 relative to FY 2026.
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.
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.