[03/05/14]
Posted on March 5, 2014 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
President Obama introduced his fiscal year (“FY”) 2015 budget yesterday, and there are many proposed cuts to post-acute care providers. Some of the highlights include a number of bundled payment initiatives, a $100 co-pay for home health patients not discharged from a hospital and re-admission penalties for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) with high hospital... READ MORE
Tags: budget, bundle, bundled payment, cuts, dme, hall render, hha, Home Health, Hospice, long term care, ltch, medicaid, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, nursing home, Obama, obamacare, selby, sgr, skilled nursing facility, snf
[08/09/12]
Posted on August 9, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The 2% across-the-board cut in reimbursement for Medicare providers, the result of last summer’s “Super Committee” failure, is scheduled to take place January 1, 2013. The President recently signed legislation requiring a report detailing how the sequestration process will affect Medicare providers. Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have already seen significant cuts to reimbursement; an... READ MORE
Tags: 2%, across the board, bufford, cms, cuts, jent, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, payment, president, reimbursement, selby, sequestration, snf
[08/02/12]
Posted on August 2, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care (AQNHC) released the results of a study conducted concerning the future of skilled nursing facility (SNF) reimbursement. While SNF providers have recently seen their reimbursement rates improve, the study report projects SNF providers are facing $65 billion in reimbursement cuts over the next ten years. The reimbursement... READ MORE
Tags: ACA, bufford, cms, cuts, jent, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, medicaid, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, reimbursement, selby, sequestration, snf, staffing
[08/08/11]
Posted on August 8, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
While Congress was able to present the President with a compromised solution to cut Federal spending and raise the Government’s debt ceiling earlier this month, all long-term care providers should anticipate future reimbursement changes. Under the current law, the Budget Control Act of 2011t , Medicare and Medicaid are unchanged. However, the Act requires for... READ MORE
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