Post-Acute/Long-Term Acute Care

Presentation slides: Inpatient Rehabilitation PPS Final Rule for 2018
Commenting today on a potential alternative to Medicare鈥檚 current 鈥淩UGs鈥 payment system for skilled nursing facility services, AHA said the proposed 鈥淩CS-1鈥 replacement model would generally promote the strengths of hospital-based SNFs but called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥
The Subcommittee鈥檚 initiative aims to identify opportunities to reduce legislative and regulatory burdens on Medicare providers, thus improving the efficiency and quality of the Medicare program for seniors and individuals with disabilities.
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鈥