[05/06/13]
Posted on May 6, 2013 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will publish the proposed fiscal year (“FY”) Medicare payment rate in the Federal Register later today. Announced last week, the proposed rate includes a 2.3% market basket increase; however, a forecast error correction and other mandated adjustments will reduce the market basket increase to 1.4%. This will still result in an... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, increase, jent, long term care, market basket, selby, sequestration, snf
[07/24/12]
Posted on July 24, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
This afternoon, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice updating the Medicare Hospice Wage Index with an estimated 0.9% increase in payments for FY 2013. The payment increase is the net result of a 1.6 percent increase in the hospital market basket update, which is offset by a 0.7 percentage point decrease... READ MORE
Tags: cms, fy, Hospice, long term care, market basket, Medicare, payment, update
[01/13/12]
Posted on January 13, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted on Wednesday of this week to recommend to Congress a significant change in the way skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are reimbursed under the Medicare program within the next two years. READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, commission, congress, hhs, hospitalization, jent, long term care, market basket, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, MedPAC, pps, rebase, rehospitalization, reimbursement, selby, snf
[11/02/11]
Posted on November 2, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
On October 31, 2011, the final rule (Rule) to update the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) for Calendar Year 2012 was published in the Federal Register. As a result of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implementing the Rule, home health agencies (HHAs) will experience a decrease in payments of... READ MORE
Tags: Affordable Care Act, bufford, case mix index, cms, federal register, hall render, health reform, hha, hhs, Home Health, jent, market basket, payment, pps, selby
[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
