Long-Term Care PPS

Slides from the May 19, 2016, AHA member call on LTCH PPS FY 2017 Proposed Rule.
AHA comments to provide feedback on the work that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) are undertaking to develop a unified post-acute care prospective payment system (PAC PPS). AHA's post-acute care membership…
  Members-Only Call LTCH PPS: FY 2017 Proposed Rule Held May 19, 2016
This Regulatory Advisory reviews highlights of the LTCH provisions in the rule, while the inpatient PPS provisions are covered in a separate advisory.
This critique examines the prototype Medicare payment system for post-acute care (PAC) developed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) in 2016.
This advisory covers the rule's highlights and implications for LTCHs and other providers.
CMS releases FY 2018 inpatient PPS final rule The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued final fiscal year 2018 rules for the hospital inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital PPS.
Select highlights of the final rule related to the LTCH PPS follow.