Skilled Nursing Facility PPS
Ten years from now, more than half of middle-income Americans aged 75 and older with mobility limitations or high health care and functional needs will not be able to afford to live in an independent- or assisted-living community or nursing home.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued the skilled nursing facility (SNF) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment systems (PPS) proposed rules for fiscal year (FY) 2020.
AHA Take: As finalized in last year’s rulemaking, a redesigned SNF PPS payment…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late Friday issued a proposed rule updating payment rates for skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2020.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should take certain actions to ensure compliance with the three-day rule for skilled nursing facilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today added to Nursing Home Compare 2017 data for five measures from the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program
On Aug. 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the fiscal year 2019 final rule for the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
The Centers for Medicare…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services July 31 issued final rules for the inpatient rehabilitation facility and the skilled nursing facility prospective payment systems for fiscal year 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued final rules for inpatient rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility and inpatient psychiatric facility payments for fiscal year 2019.
The AHA appreciates the extensive work CMS has done to develop and alternative to the current SNF case-mix system. However, our evaluation of the patient-driven payment model still has several flaws, which must be addressed before the PDPM proposal can be finalized.