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Commenting today on a potential alternative to Medicare’s current “RUGs” payment system for skilled nursing facility services, AHA said the proposed “RCS-1” replacement model would generally promote the strengths of hospital-based SNFs but called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
Skilled Nursing PPS Final Rule for 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline for submitting assessment measure data to the skilled nursing facility quality reporting program for the first three quarters of calendar year 2017 so it can correct technical issues with the current Review and Correct…
This advisory covers the rule's highlights and implications for LTCHs and other providers.
On Aug. 3, CMS published its fiscal year (FY) 2018 final rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS). The attached summary, prepared for the AHA by Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., provides greater detail on this final rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule that would cancel the cardiac and surgical hip and femur fracture treatment mandatory bundling payment programs, known as the episode payment models. It also would cancel the cardiac rehabilitation incentive payment model…
On Aug. 4, the CMS published the FY 2018 final rule for the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
On July 28, the CMS published its calendar year 2018 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system.
A bibliographic listing of recently published material related to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) PPS.