CMS Announces End to Some COVID-19 Emergency Waivers for Nursing Facilities
CMS has implemented a combination of emergency waivers and regulations to provide the necessary flexibilities for nursing home providers [...]
CMS has implemented a combination of emergency waivers and regulations to provide the necessary flexibilities for nursing home providers [...]
Long Term Acute Care Hospitals: Beyond The Public Health Emergency In July 2019, we published a white paper outlining [...]
FREESTANDING LONG TERM CARE HOSPITAL MODEL An existing freestanding long-term care hospital is an ideal candidate for development if [...]
Important Medicare Stats Medicare spends about $60 billion per year on post-acute services, which is nearly 12 percent of all [...]
MedPac recently proposed a unified prospective payment system (PPS) for post-acute care. There are many benefits for hospital systems, including better care [...]
How LTACHs are reimbursed During the first six months in its initial data collection period, a long-term acute care hospital, [...]
A post-acute care prospective payment system is on the horizon for 2021 and now is the time for providers [...]
1. EXPAND YOUR THINKING ABOUT POST-ACUTE CARE: Develop an expansive definition of post-acute care. Look beyond skilled nursing facilities, [...]
MedPAC Suggests a 2% Increase in Payments for Long Term Acute Care Hospitals In a surprising twist, on January [...]