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Select highlights of the final rule related to the LTCH PPS follow.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued final rules for inpatient rehabilitation facilities and skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2018.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 31 issued final rules for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) and skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment systems (PPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2018. These rules take effect Oct. 1, 2017.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late today issued final rules for inpatient rehabilitation facilities and skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2018. In accordance with the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, payment rates for both settings will be updated by…
The CMS, July 25 issued a proposed rule that would update home health prospective payment system payments for calendar year 2018 and change the HH quality reporting program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2018, which also proposes major HH PPS refinements for CY 2019. For CY 2018, the rule would decrease net HH payments by 0.4 percentage point, or $80…
Skilled nursing facilities can now preview their quality measure data for the SNF Quality Reporting Program in the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reporting (CASPER) application, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced last month.
The AHA today submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2018.