Long-Term Care PPS
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 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.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week issued proposed rules for two post-acute care settings for fiscal year (FY) 2016.
Maureen Banks will lead the AHA’s Constituency Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation as 2015 chair of its governing council. Banks is president of Spaulding Hospital Cambridge, Spaulding Hospital Cape Cod, Spaulding Hospital North Shore, Spaulding Skilled Nursing Facilities, and chief…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday, July 31, and Monday, Aug. 4, issued final rules for three post-acute care settings for fiscal year (FY) 2015.
Proposed rules are for SNFs, IRFs and LTCHs - Attachment to Bulletin with highlights