The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is cracking down on hospices by adding new enforcement mechanisms and survey capabilities.
Earlier this month, the agency announced that four states, including Arizona, would be under strict scrutiny for the creation of new hospices after a wave of hospice businesses in the states...
After a 1.7 billion in nursing home payment increase, the federal government is mulling several options to recalibrate the Medicare payment structure for skilled nursing facilities as it seeks to achieve its intended goal of budget neutrality, with the aim of shutting off excess payments as soon as possible.
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According to the...National News
Annual prospective pay rules are good news for skilled nursing facilities, hospices, inpatient psychiatric facilities and inpatient rehab facilities.
As well as increases in rates of payments, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes reductions in a variety of regulatory burdens. A listing of proposed changes can be...
