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June 26 is the deadline to submit comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rules for inpatient rehabilitation facilities and skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2018.
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 yesterday.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday extended the comment period for its advance notice of proposed rulemaking on potential options the agency may consider for revising the existing skilled nursing facility payment system. The original June 26 comment deadline was…
AHA today applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for proposing a 12-month regulatory pause on full implementation of the 25% Rule for long-term care hospitals and urged the agency to permanently rescind the rule. Commenting on the proposed LTCH prospective payment system rule…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week issued a proposed rule revising the agency’s recently adopted arbitration agreement requirements for long-term care facilities. The rule would remove a prohibition on pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements finalized last year, which was…
On May 4, the CMS published two items related to the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system its fiscal year 2018 proposed rule and an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that seeks public comment on potential major refinements the agency plans to propose in FY 2019.
On April 27, 2017, the CMS released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with comment entitled Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities: Revisions to Case-mix Methodology, followed by Federal Register publication on May 4, 2017 (84 FR…
On May 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its fiscal year (FY) 2018 proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS). This advisory provides greater detail on this proposed rule.