[07/29/11]
Posted on July 29, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
Effective fiscal year (FY) 2012, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule on Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2012, released July 29, reduces Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) payments by 11.1%. CMS states this action was taken to “better align... READ MORE
Tags: ACA, Affordable Care Act, bufford, case mix index, change of therapy, classification, cmi, cms, consolidated billing, COT, final rule, fy 2011, fy 2012, jent, long term care, market basket, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, omra, other medicare required assessment, payment, PPACA, pps, recalibration, reduction, rug, rug-iv, selby, skilled nursing facility, snf, spike, therapy
[07/29/11]
Posted on July 29, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) increased fiscal year (FY) 2012 Medicare payments by 2.5% for hospice providers in a final regulation released July 29. Also included in the final regulation are requirements for hospice providers to start collecting quality of care data and changes to the way CMS counts hospice patients... READ MORE
Tags: ACA, accountable care, beneficiary, bufford, cap, cap accounting, cms, current method, days of care, elect, encounter, face to face, fiscal year, fy, fy 2011, fy 2012, fy 2014, Hospice, hospice cap, increase, jent, long term care, market basket, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, october, payment, PPACA, qapi, quality assessment and performance improvement, rectification narrative, reduction, selby, terminal illness, two-percentage point, wage index
[07/26/11]
Posted on July 26, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
As record-breaking temperatures scorch the Midwest, long-term care providers are reminded to evaluate their emergency preparation plans. Proper planning can mitigate a situation from a potential disaster to a mere inconvenience. CMS provides a checklist, Emergency Preparedness for Every Emergency, for providers to use to evaluate their current emergency plans. Federal regulations at 42... READ MORE
Tags: administrator, bufford, certified, cms, disaster, emergency, facility, federal, jent, long term care, longterm care, medicaid, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, nursing home, oig, OIG work plan, preperation, regulation, selby, work plan
