SNF PPS

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Skilled nursing providers say they are pleased with the federal government’s decision to raise Medicare payments by 1.8% in fiscal year 2013. The cumulative $670 million pay hike will take effect...

Failure to keep up with the changes could be costly for providers, experts warned, so CMS released a memo to clarify a number of questions from skilled nursing facility operators.

Skilled nursing facilities are almost exclusively putting residents in individual therapy, a new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid says.

Leading provider groups are sharply critical of a Medicare advisory committee’s recommendation that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should massively overhaul the skilled nursing facility...

While the changes to the new SNF PPS rule have been summarized as a simple number reflecting an overall revenue decrease of 11.1%, there are many details in the rulemaking that result in a disproportionate...

Two lobby groups representing the nation’s for-profit nursing homes kicked off a nationwide ad campaign Monday aimed at preventing additional cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late Thursday announced a rule that could cut certain Medicare reimbursements to skilled nursing facility operators by as much as 11.3% in fiscal 2012. Provider...