Federal regulators are weighing changes to the three-year-old Patient Driven Payment Model to account for missed opportunities — and potentially inappropriate coding choices — a top Medicare official ...
After much hype, trepidation and, for some providers, feverish planning, the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) took effect in October. There has been much speculation about how the new system, ...
In what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today described as a “parity adjustment recalibration,” the agency said it will increase payments to skilled nursing facilities by 4%, or ...
On July 31, 2023, CMS issued its final rule updating the rates and Medicare payment policies under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) for FY 2024 (the Final Rule). The ...
Skilled nursing facilities get a 4.1% payment increase for 2025, according to a proposed rule released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective ...
CMS contracted with Acumen, LLC for SNF reform and Abt Associates for HHA reform. The goal in both cases was to develop an alternative case-mix adjustment methodology, in which Medicare payments would ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the proposed rule on April 11, 2025, for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) fiscal year (FY) 2026 update (the ...
Skilled nursing facilities will get a 3.2% bump per the final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday. For fiscal year 2026, CMS is making the update to the Skilled ...