RUGS-IV

A good first step but more to do with MDS 3.0

March 07, 2012

It was a long first day, but there was tremendous value and everyone who is here has learned what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' positions are with the April updates and some of the policy changes they're talking about. The changes are thought provoking and some are what I would consider on the edge of being a little controversial.
 

Delay of RUGs-IV confuses calculation of nursing home reimbursement rates, regulators say

April 23, 2010

Federal health officials said Thursday that they still don't have a way to calculate proper Medicare nursing home reimbursement rates after mandated changes are to take place this fall with the introduction of MDS 3.0.