Long Term Care Facilities

CMS Proposes Prospective Payment System Update Rules for Inpatient and Long Term Care Hospitals

by Colin Roskey | Cozen O'Connor on 5/2/2013

On Friday, April 26, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a crucial payment system rule that proposes updated rates and regulatory policies for inpatient hospitals (including inpatient psychiatric...more

CMS Releases Proposed FFY 2014 IPPS Rule

by Mark A. Stanley | Ober|Kaler on 5/2/2013

CMS has released its proposed federal fiscal year (FFY) 2014 prospective payment system (PPS) rule for inpatient stays in acute care and long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). The rule projects a net increase in operating payments...more

CMS Issues Proposed Changes to LTCH Payment Rates and Other Payment Policies for Fiscal Year 2014

by Paul Pitts | Reed Smith on 5/2/2013

On April 26, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the proposed update to the Medicare long-term acute care hospital prospective payment system (“LTCH PPS”) policies and payment rates for fiscal...more

CMS Issues Second Set of Proposed Rule in Response to Executive Order 13563

by Emily J. Cook, Sandra DiVarco | McDermott Will & Emery on 2/21/2013

The proposed rule, issued on February 7, 2013, would make reforms to existing Medicare regulations applicable to hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, intermediate care facilities for individuals who are intellectually...more

CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Reform "Unnecessary, Obsolete, or Excessively Burdensome" Medicare Participation Standards

by Sarah Baker, Dinetia Newman | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/20/2013

On February 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to reform Medicare regulations that CMS views as unnecessary, obsolete, and/or excessively burdensome on hospitals and health care...more

Proposed Medicare Settlement Clarifies CMS’s Position on “Skilled Maintenance Services”

by Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL on 11/5/2012

On October 16, 2012, in the case of Jimmo v. Sebelius, Case No. 5:11-CV-17 (D. Vt. October 16, 2012), a class of Medicare beneficiaries and the United States Department of Health and Human Services agreed to a proposed...more

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