September 8, 2015Andy Slavitt Acting Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-5516-P 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-1850Delivered … [Read more...] about Center Comments on Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model
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September 2015 – Proposed Rules for Nursing Facilities are Inadequate & Other Issues
ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE1. Proposed Requirements of Participation for Nursing FacilitiesOn July 16, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published proposed rules to revise the nursing home Requirements of Participation … [Read more...] about September 2015 – Proposed Rules for Nursing Facilities are Inadequate & Other Issues
September 2015 – Proposed Rules for Nursing Facilities are Inadequate & Other Issues
Welcome and Housekeeping (David Lipschutz, Moderator) Administrative Update Proposed Requirements of Participation for Nursing Facilities (Toby Edelman) Overview of Proposed Rule - 80 Fed. Reg. 41267 (July 16, … [Read more...] about September 2015 – Proposed Rules for Nursing Facilities are Inadequate & Other Issues
Comments on Proposed Rules: CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality reporting Requirements
September 1, 2015SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY http://www.regulations.govAndrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, … [Read more...] about Comments on Proposed Rules: CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality reporting Requirements
Comments on Revisions to the 2-Midnight rule
CMS-1633-P, Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Short Inpatient Hospital Stays; Transition for Certain Medicare-Dependent, Small Rural Hospitals … [Read more...] about Comments on Revisions to the 2-Midnight rule
Another Potential Barrier to Implementation: Payment Rates – Laura J. Cohen
Another Barrier for Jimmo implementation that may not yet have percolated to the top is the Medicare fee schedule rates for rehabilitation services negatively impacting providers willingness to not only risk providing services for fear of denials and … [Read more...] about Another Potential Barrier to Implementation: Payment Rates – Laura J. Cohen
Smith v. Burwell
No. 14-1519 (APM) (D.D.C.), filed Sept. 5, 2014Amicus information: Amici are the Center and the National Health Law Program. They are supporting the claim of Medicare beneficiaries that they should be covered for a form of testing that … [Read more...] about Smith v. Burwell
Thank You for Honoring Medicare’s 50th Anniversary
Thank you for honoring Medicare’s 50th Anniversary with your donation to the Center’s Medicare Advocacy Fund.Your gift will help us assist older and disabled people and fight for a full and fair Medicare program. Your generous support … [Read more...] about Thank You for Honoring Medicare’s 50th Anniversary
Center Comments to Senate Finance Committee Regarding Chronic Care Reform
June 22, 2015The Honorable Orrin Hatch The Honorable Ron Wyden Chair, Committee on Finance … [Read more...] about Center Comments to Senate Finance Committee Regarding Chronic Care Reform
Center Comments Regarding Medicare Reimbursement of Skilled Nursing Facilities
CMS-1622-P: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) for FY 2016, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and Staffing Data CollectionSubmitted … [Read more...] about Center Comments Regarding Medicare Reimbursement of Skilled Nursing Facilities