Post-Acute Care
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Legislation to create a Medicare value-based purchasing program for post-acute care “is too narrowly focused on cutting provider payment rather than promoting ‘value’,” AHA said in a letter today to leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee. “AHA members are deeply engaged in efforts to provide…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today extended the comment period for its proposed rule that would overhaul the requirements that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. The original Sept. 14 comment deadline was extended through Oct.…
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).