Long-Term Care PPS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued its long-term care hospital prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2018. Under the proposed rule, traditional LTCH PPS rates would increase by a net of 0.4%, while payment rates for site-neutral cases would…
Daniel Mendelson, M.D., associate chief of medicine and director of palliative care for Highland Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY, will serve as 2017 council chair of the AHA’s Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation. Kenneth Bowman, CEO of Van Matre…
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.