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News Topic: Medicare
Key Aspects in FY 2020 Hospice Final Rule
Payment Update With updated data, the payment update has changed slightly from the estimates in the proposed rule. Medicare hospice services will receive a 2.6% […]
Disappointing Developments in the 2020 Home Health Proposed Rule
Overview This rule contains the proposals including the annual payment update, further information related to the implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), the phase-out […]
LeadingAge Poverty Threshold Comments
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Hospice 2020 Wage Index Proposal Analysis
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 […]
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 […]