From the HHS Press Release: Final rule adopts measures for new IRF Quality Reporting Program CMS issued a final rule Friday that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for more than 1,200 freestanding and hospital-based inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. The final rule increases IRF payment rates under the IRF Prospective […]

From the HHS Press Release: Case-Mix Indexes Recalibrated CMS announced a final rule reducing Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) payments in FY 2012 by $3.87 billion, or 11.1 percent lower than payments for FY 2011. The FY 2012 rates correct for an unintended spike in payment levels and better align Medicare […]

From the HHS Press Release: Case-Mix Indexes Recalibrated Hospices serving people with Medicare will see a 2.5 percent increase in their Medicare payments for fiscal year (FY) 2012, according to a final regulation released  by CMS.   Hospices are also called upon to begin reporting on the quality of care received by Medicare patients, as a […]