Long-term Care
On April 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its fiscal year 2020 proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment systems. Comments on the rule are due to CMS by June 24. This AAHA advisory covers the rule’s LTCH-related provisions.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued the skilled nursing facility (SNF) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS) proposed rules for fiscal year (FY) 2020.
AHA Take: As finalized in last year’s rulemaking, a redesigned SNF PPS payment…
Under the proposed rule, payments would increase by $37 million as compared to fiscal year 2019. CMS also estimates that site-neutral cases will continue to decrease as a proportion of total cases, and will account for 29 percent of all LTCH cases in FY 2020.
Long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) serve a critical role within the Medicare program by treating the sickest patients who need extended hospital stays. This important role is under threat as the LTCH field implements the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 requirement for “site-neutral” payments for cases…
Derrick Jones, CEO of Lovelace Rehabilitation Hospital in Albuquerque, N.M., will serve as 2019 chair of the AHA's Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation.
Jon C. Skinner is the 2016 chair of the American Hospital Association's Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Governing Council.
Catherine J. Barr, president of Bethesda Hospital in Saint Paul, Minn. and senior vice president for community services, including long-term acute care, home care, hospice and palliative care within the HealthEast Care System, is the 2014 chair of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section…
Lynn C. Jones, president, Christiana Care Home Health & Community Services, Inc. and senior vice president, post-acute care services, Christiana Care Health System of Wilmington, Del., is the 2013 chairman of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Long-Term Care and…
Patricia Ostaszewski, chief executive officer (CEO), HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Toms River, N.J. is the 2012 chair of the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation.