The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a memo concerning a crackdown on improper claims for skilled nursing facilities. CMS also announced that it would begin a demonstration for inpatient rehabilitation facilities in Alabama that will allow all Medicare claims to be subject to review.
As of June 5, all SNFs...National News
If approved, inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) payments would increase year-over-year (YOY) by a net of 2.7%, or $50 million while inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) would get a bump of 2.8%, or an additional $170 million in FY2023.
According to the American Hospital Association (AHA), the IPF proposed 2.7% payment update...Health Related Groups
At the beginning of May, Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a bill that would have allowed the Arizona board that oversees licenses for nursing home and assisted living administrators to operate for eight more years. Instead, Ducey wants the Legislature to transfer the board’s responsibility to the Arizona State Health Department.
A recent...Arizona News
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently discovered $5.7 billion in unreasonable and unnecessary payments to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) after a sample audit. The review was prompted by Medicare spending of about $7 billion on IRF stays in 2013, leading the OIG to question the payment system.
The OIG sampled...