The Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued a report on September 30, 2015, that calls for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reform payment for skilled nursing facility (SNF) services. The OIG focused on billing for therapy (e.g., speech, occupational, physical) as a driver increasing SNF revenue and noted that SNFs’ margin on Medicare reimbursement for therapy was 29 percent.   

 

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