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Revisit Surveys To Slow Down Due To Budget Sequestration

by Jason Lundy | Polsinelli on 5/17/2013

As of April 5, 2013 and in response to budget sequestration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) warns that revisit surveys for skilled nursing facilities will be delayed and approval requirements for...more

CMS Proposes Increase in Payments for SNFs in FY 2014

by King & Spalding on 5/7/2013

On May 1, 2013, CMS issued a proposed rule that would update payment rates under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2014. The proposal would increase aggregate...more

CMS Clarifies Physician Delegation of Tasks in SNFs and NFs

by Simi Botic, Thomas Hess | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 4/26/2013

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released an important instruction for physicians, non-physician practitioners (“NPPs”) and providers who bill for services provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)...more

Payment Matters: Recent PRRB and CMS Administrator Decisions: A Summary for Providers

by Leslie Demaree Goldsmith | Ober|Kaler on 2/8/2013

In recently released decisions, the PRRB and the CMS Administrator addressed a number of issues of interest to many providers. Short summaries of those decisions are provided below. The PRRB and CMS Administrator post their...more

Shorts on Long Term Care December 2012

by Kenneth L. Burgess | Poyner Spruill LLP on 12/17/2012

In this issue: - Make Me a Channel of Your Peace - CMS Signals Renewed Focus on Advance Directives and Residents’ Rights to Determine End-of-Life Care An excerpt from "Make Me a Channel of Your...more

CMS Signals Renewed Focus on Advance Directives and Residents’ Rights to Determine End-of-Life Care

by Kenneth L. Burgess | Poyner Spruill LLP on 12/17/2012

By the time you read this article, if you are a skilled nursing facility (SNF), you will already be subject to new surveyor guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on advance directives and...more

Payment Matters: Recent PRRB and CMS Administrator Decisions: A Summary for Providers

by Leslie Demaree Goldsmith | Ober|Kaler on 12/14/2012

In recently released decisions, the PRRB and the CMS Administrator addressed a number of issues of interest to many providers. Short summaries of those decisions are provided below. ...more

OIG Finds That More Than $1 Billion in Inappropriate Medicare Payments Were Made to SNFs in 2009

by King & Spalding on 11/21/2012

The OIG recently issued a report (OEI-02-09-00200) concerning improper skilled nursing facility (SNF) Medicare payments in calendar year 2009 (the Report). The OIG reviewed a stratified random sample of SNF claims from 2009...more

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Revisit Surveys To Slow Down Due To Budget Sequestration

CMS Proposes Increase in Payments for SNFs in FY 2014

CMS Clarifies Physician Delegation of Tasks in SNFs and NFs

Payment Matters: Recent PRRB and CMS Administrator Decisions: A Summary for Providers

Shorts on Long Term Care December 2012

CMS Signals Renewed Focus on Advance Directives and Residents’ Rights to Determine End-of-Life Care

Payment Matters: Recent PRRB and CMS Administrator Decisions: A Summary for Providers

OIG Finds That More Than $1 Billion in Inappropriate Medicare Payments Were Made to SNFs in 2009

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