On the evening of July 31, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released three payment rules for the upcoming fiscal year 2021. These rules contain finalized payment policies for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), hospices, and inpatient psychiatric facilities. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, CMS has limited the annual rulemaking [...] Read More
Tweet On July 30, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Final Rule for Fiscal Year 2020. Overall, CMS estimates that total payment to SNFs will increase by $851 million in FY 2020. Major finalized provisions within the rule include expansion of the window to complete an [...] Read More
CMS Finalizes Payment Increases for SNFs and IRFs Both Seeing a 1% Bump, Advances Move from Volume to Value within SNF VBP Program On Monday, July 31, 2017 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two final rules updating the following payment systems for federal fiscal year (FY) 2018: the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility […]
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