Skilled Nursing Facility PPS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued a correction notice to the fiscal year 2016 inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment system final rule, which was published Aug. 17.
Eliminating the three-day stay requirement for Medicare Advantage enrollees does not increase hospital or skilled nursing facility admissions or SNF lengths of stay, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. While traditional Medicare requires beneficiaries to be hospital inpatients for…
CMS late last week issued final rules for three post-acute care settings for fiscal year (FY) 2016. This bulletin highlights the final rules for: long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) and skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today released a final rule updating Medicare fee-for-service payments for skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2016.
The AHA yesterday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to articulate how it intends to coordinate implementation of the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting and Value-Based Purchasing programs with the Nursing Home Quality Initiative.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week issued proposed rules for two post-acute care settings for fiscal year (FY) 2016.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today released a proposed rule updating Medicare fee-for-service payments for the skilled-nursing facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2016. The rule would increase aggregate payments by 1.4%, or $500 million, in FY 2016…