Post-Acute/Long-Term Acute Care
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.
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday introduced legislation (H.R. 3298) that would establish a value-based purchasing program for home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals beginning Oct. 1, 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a proposed rule overhauling the quality and safety requirements that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The last major revisions to the requirements were in 1991.