Long-Term Care PPS
On Nov. 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will release online training for health care providers and surveyors on phase one of the final rule revising Medicare and Medicaid quality and safety requirements for long-term care facilities. Phase one requirements take effect…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued a final rule representing the first comprehensive rewrite of Medicare and Medicaid quality and safety requirements for long-term care facilities since 1991.
On Aug. 2, CMS issued its fiscal year 2017 final rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment systems.
CMS recently issued final rules for fiscal year 2017 for three post-acute care prospective payment systems.
We are pleased CMS reversed the effects of the 0.2 percent payment reduction that was part of the original “two-midnight” policy, and restored the resources that hospitals are lawfully due. However, we are disappointed that CMS finalized an unjustified cut to reimbursement rates for hospital…
CMS this week issued rules for three post-acute care settings for fiscal year 2017.