Long-Term Care PPS
On Aug. 2, CMS issued its fiscal year 2017 final rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment systems.
CMS recently issued final rules for fiscal year 2017 for three post-acute care prospective payment systems.
We are pleased CMS reversed the effects of the 0.2 percent payment reduction that was part of the original 鈥渢wo-midnight鈥 policy, and restored the resources that hospitals are lawfully due. However, we are disappointed that CMS finalized an unjustified cut to reimbursement rates for hospital鈥
CMS this week issued rules for three post-acute care settings for fiscal year 2017.
CMS yesterday issued two rules pertaining to long-term care hospitals.
Jon Skinner will lead the AHA鈥檚 Constituency Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation as 2016 chair of its governing council. Skinner is president of Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, a joint venture between Baylor Scott & White Health and Select Medical. Daniel Mendelson, M.D.,鈥
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday finalized its recommendations to provide no updates in fiscal year 2017 for Medicare payments to home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities or long-term care hospitals. In addition, the commission鈥