Payment Update Current law sets forth a formula that guides CMS’ proposed payment update that can be changed if Congress passes legislation to change the […]
News Topic: Medicare
Hospice and Skilled Nursing Proposed Payment Updates
Hospice Payment Update The proposed payment update for FY 2020 is 2.7% based on the estimated inpatient hospital market basket update of 3.2% minus the […]
Hospice Quality Measures When Death Is Imminent
CMS plans to begin displaying the first measure—which covers the last three days of a hospice patient’s life—on Hospice Compare in summer 2019 but will […]
Observation Stays Legislation Introduced in House and Senate
On March 12, Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019 in the House […]
New Report Shows SNFs If They Are at Risk of a 2% Rate Penalty
The report shows SNFs if they are meeting the 80% reporting threshold requirement on the SNF QRP measures during a calendar year. Failure to meet this […]
In Their Own Words: Living with Dementia
Mary Radnofsky, Tracey Lind, Brian Van Buren, and Brian LeBlanc have at least 2 things in common: they are all living with dementia, and they […]