Download or read book Medicare Programs Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fy 2015 Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation Cms 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Programs - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2015 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Programs - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2015 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2015. In addition, it adopts the most recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) statistical area delineations to identify a facility's urban or rural status for the purpose of determining which set of rate tables will apply to the facility, and to determine the SNF PPS wage index including a 1-year transition with a blended wage index for all providers for FY 2015. This final rule also contains a revision to policies related to the Change of Therapy (COT) Other Medicare Required Assessment (OMRA). This final rule includes a discussion of a provision related to the Affordable Care Act involving Civil Money Penalties. Finally, this final rule discusses the SNF therapy payment research currently underway within CMS, observed trends related to therapy utilization among SNF providers, and the agency's commitment to accelerating health information exchange in SNFs. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Programs - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2015 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
Download or read book Medicare Program Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fy 2017 Skilled Nursing Facilities Value B Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation Cms 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2017, Skilled Nursing Facilities Value-B (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2017, Skilled Nursing Facilities Value-B (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2017. In addition, it specifies a potentially preventable readmission measure for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program (SNF VBP), and implements requirements for that program, including performance standards, a scoring methodology, and a review and correction process for performance information to be made public, aimed at implementing value-based purchasing for SNFs. Additionally, this final rule includes additional polices and measures in the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP). This final rule also responds to comments on the SNF Payment Models Research (PMR) project. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2017, Skilled Nursing Facilities Value-B (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
Download or read book Medicare Program Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fy 2014 Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation Cms 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2014 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2014 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2014. In addition, it revises and rebases the SNF market basket, revises and updates the labor related share, and makes certain technical and conforming revisions in the regulations text. This final rule also includes a policy for reporting the SNF market basket forecast error in certain limited circumstances and adds a new item to the Minimum Data Set (MDS), Version 3.0 for reporting the number of distinct therapy days. Finally, this final rule adopts a change to the diagnosis code used to determine which residents will receive the AIDS add-on payment, effective for services provided on or after the October 1, 2014 implementation date for conversion to ICD-10-CM. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2014 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
Download or read book Medicare Program Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fy 2008 Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation Cms 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2008 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2008 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2008. In addition, this final rule revises and rebases the SNF market basket, and modifies the threshold for the adjustment to account for market basket forecast error. This final rule also responds to public comments submitted on the proposed rule and makes a technical correction in the regulations text. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2008 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
Download or read book Medicare Program Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fy 2012 Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation Cms 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2012 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2012 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year 2012. In addition, it recalibrates the case-mix indexes so that they more accurately reflect parity in expenditures between RUG-IV and the previous case-mix classification system. It also includes a discussion of a Non-Therapy Ancillary component currently under development within CMS. In addition, this final rule discusses the impact of certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act, and reduces the SNF market basket percentage by the multi-factor productivity adjustment. This rule also implements certain changes relating to the payment of group therapy services and implements new resident assessment policies. Finally, this rule announces that the proposed provisions regarding the ownership disclosure requirements set forth in section 6101 of the Affordable Care Act will be finalized at a later date. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2012 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
Download or read book Medicare Program Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fy 2016 Snf Value Based Purchasing Program Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation Cms 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2016, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2016, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2016. In addition, it specifies a SNF all-cause all-condition hospital readmission measure, as well as adopts that measure for a new SNF Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program, and includes a discussion of SNF VBP Program policies we are considering for future rulemaking to promote higher quality and more efficient health care for Medicare beneficiaries. Additionally, this final rule will implement a new quality reporting program for SNFs as specified in the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act). It also amends the requirements that a long-term care (LTC) facility must meet to qualify to participate as a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in the Medicare program, or a nursing facility (NF) in the Medicaid program, by establishing requirements that implement the provision in the Affordable Care Act regarding the submission of staffing information based on payroll data. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2016, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
Download or read book Medicare Program Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fy 2009 Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation Cms 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2009 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2009 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), for fiscal year (FY) 2009. It also discusses our ongoing analysis of nursing home staff time measurement data collected in the Staff Time and Resource Intensity Verification (STRIVE) project. Finally, this final rule makes technical corrections in the regulations text with respect to Medicare bad debt payments to SNFs and the reference to the definition of urban and rural as applied to SNFs. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2009 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
Download or read book Medicare Program Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fy 2010 Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation Cms 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2010 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2010 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), for fiscal year (FY) 2010. In addition, it recalibrates the case-mix indexes so that they more accurately reflect parity in expenditures related to the implementation of case-mix refinements in January 2006. It also discusses the results of our ongoing analysis of nursing home staff time measurement data collected in the Staff Time and Resource Intensity Verification project, as well as a new Resource Utilization Groups, version 4 case-mix classification model for FY 2011 that will use the updated Minimum Data Set 3.0 resident assessment for case-mix classification. In addition, this final rule discusses the public comments that we have received on these and other issues, including a possible requirement for the quarterly reporting of nursing home staffing data, as well as on applying the quality monitoring mechanism in place for all other SNF PPS facilities to rural swing-bed hospitals. Finally, this final rule revises the regulations to incorporate certain technical corrections. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2010 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
Download or read book Medicare Program Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fy 2018 Snf Value Based Purchasing Program Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation Cms 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2018, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2018, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2018. It also revises and rebases the market basket index by updating the base year from 2010 to 2014, and by adding a new cost category for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Services. The rule also finalizes revisions to the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP), including measure and standardized resident assessment data policies and policies related to public display. In addition, it finalizes policies for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program that will affect Medicare payment to SNFs beginning in FY 2019. The final rule also clarifies the regulatory requirements for team composition for surveys conducted for investigating a complaint and aligns regulatory provisions for investigation of complaints with the statutory requirements. The final rule also finalizes the performance period for the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Healthcare Personnel (HCP) Influenza Vaccination Reporting Measure included in the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Incentive Program (QIP) for Payment Year 2020. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2018, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
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Download or read book Medicare Programs Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2015 Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation Cms 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicare Programs - Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2015 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Programs - Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2015 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule updates the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for federal fiscal year (FY) 2015 as required by the statute. This final rule finalizes a policy to collect data on the amount and mode (that is, Individual, Concurrent, Group, and Co-Treatment) of therapy provided in the IRF setting according to therapy discipline, revises the list of diagnosis and impairment group codes that presumptively meet the "60 percent rule" compliance criteria, provides a way for IRFs to indicate on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility-Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) form whether the prior treatment and severity requirements have been met for arthritis cases to presumptively meet the "60 percent rule" compliance criteria, and revises and updates quality measures and reporting requirements under the IRF quality reporting program (QRP). This rule also delays the effective date for the revisions to the list of diagnosis codes that are used to determine presumptive compliance under the "60 percent rule" that were finalized in FY 2014 IRF PPS final rule and adopts the revisions to the list of diagnosis codes that are used to determine presumptive compliance under the "60 percent rule" that are finalized in this rule. This final rule also addresses the implementation of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), for the IRF prospective payment system (PPS), which will be effective when ICD-10-CM becomes the required medical data code set for use on Medicare claims and IRF-PAI submissions. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Programs - Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2015 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
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