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Medicare auditors can request twice as many SNF medical records

McKnight's Staff March 20, 2012

Medicare recovery audit contractors (RACs) can now request twice as many resident medical records than previously allowed, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Skilled nursing groups slam MedPAC recommendations to revise payment system

December 20, 2011

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 reimbursement system and rates.

Providers say phased-in Medicare cuts would soften final payment rule damage, slow nursing home worker layoffs

November 09, 2011

Congress could stave off the predicted loss of 20,000 nursing home jobs by enacting a phased-in funding regulation over three years, according to one provider group.

CMS adds additional training session call on payment changes

August 22, 2011

Due to overwhelming interest from skilled nursing facility operators, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has added a training conference call on changes related to MDS 3.0 on Sept. 1.

Ambulance supplier's payment proposal could violate anti-kickback statute

January 04, 2011

One ambulance supplier's proposal to receive payments from skilled nursing facilities that use Medicaid transport services could overstep the bounds of an anti-kickback statute, according to an advisory opinion from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General.

CMS: Nursing homes to get 1.7% Medicare payment increase

July 19, 2010

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late Friday posted payment updates for skilled nursing and inpatient rehabilitation facilities' prospective payment systems for fiscal 2011. Nursing homes will realize a 1.7% increase in its market basket rate, while IRFs' will rise by 2.5%.