Long-Term Care PPS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 10 issued a proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPSs) for fiscal year (FY) 2025.
The CMS on April 10 issued a proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2025.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today proposed increasing long-term care hospital standard rate payments by 1.2% in fiscal year 2025 relative to FY 2024.
A dual-rate payment system and other factors have sharply increased losses for long-term care hospitals caring for the most severely ill patients under Medicare’s LTCH Prospective Payment System, according to a new AHA white paper, which recommends changes to the payment system’s high-cost outlier…
Long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) play an important role for Medicare beneficiaries by caring for complex patients who
require extended hospitalization.
The AHA strongly believes that a skilled, caring workforce is integral to delivery of high quality, safe care. At the same time, safe staffing is about much more than a number. We are concerned that in proposing a one-size-fits-all numerical staffing threshold, CMS would remove the role of clinical…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept. 1 issued a proposed rule regarding staffing requirements for nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid. CMS estimates that about 75% of nursing homes would have to increase staffing in their facilities under the proposed…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) August 1 issued its fiscal year (FY) 2024 final rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system (PPS). The LTCH policies of the rule are covered in this regulatory advisory, while the inpatient PPS content…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 1 issued its final rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2024.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Aug. 1 issued the long-term care hospital prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year 2024.