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CMS Revises Discharge Planning Rules, Emphasizing Access to Quality Data, Patient Engagement

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In a long anticipated regulation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the hospital, critical access hospital (CAH) and home health agency (HHA) conditions of participation related to the...more

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Home Health Agency PPS Update for 2017: Quality, Quality, Quality

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On November 3rd, CMS published the Final Prospective Payment System (PPS) Rule for Home Health Agencies (HHAs) for CY 2017 at 81 FR 76702 (Nov. 3, 2016). The rule implements annual changes to the PPS rate for HHAs and...more

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Managing the Transition to Transformation: Quality and Payment Reform: Who Is Asking for What and Why?

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McDermott’s Managing the Transition to Transformation series is designed to help health systems and other health care industry leaders address the many challenges presented by the transformation in payment and care delivery...more

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SNF and IRF Proposed Changes for FY 2017

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On August 5th, CMS published final rules updating the Medicare payment rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for FY 2017. The rules, both of which go into effect on October...more

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CMS Releases FY 2017 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Final...

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On August 2, 2016, CMS released a final rule (Final Rule) with updates to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (Hospital IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) affecting...more

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MedPAC Moves Closer to Endorsing Unified Payment System for Post-Acute Care

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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (“MedPAC”) met last week to discuss moving toward a unified prospective payment system for all post-acute care settings. Section 2(b)(1) of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care...more

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CMS Issues CY 2016 HHA PPS, Value-Based Purchasing and Quality Reporting Final Rule

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On November 5th, CMS published the Final PPS Rule for Home Health Agencies (HHAs) for CY 2016. The rule implements annual changes to the PPS rates for HHAs and represents the third year in a four-year rebasing of the rates....more

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CMS Proposes Significant Revisions to Hospital Discharge Planning Process: How Patient Choice May be Impacted

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On November 3, 2015, CMS released a proposed rule revising existing discharge planning requirements for hospitals, critical access hospitals (CAHs) and home health agencies (HHA). CMS stated impetus for doing so is to both...more

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CMS Issues Proposed Rule Regarding Discharge Planning Requirements

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On October 29, 2015, CMS released a Proposed Rule that would revise discharge planning requirements for hospitals. CMS released the proposed revisions in an effort to modernize the discharge planning requirements by bringing...more

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Value-Based Payments Transition to Post-Acute Care: The FY 2016 Skilled Nursing PPS Rule

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CMS published the final FY2016 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System rule on August 4, 2015. In addition to updating the overall payment rate, the new rule implements key features of the Protecting Access to...more

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Home Health, CY 2016 Proposed Rule: Emphasis on Value-Based Purchasing

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On July 10, 2015, CMS published the calendar year (CY) 2016 home health prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule [PDF]. While the proposed rule updates and revises certain payment rates and quality measures, it also...more

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CMS Proposes Value-Based Purchasing Model, Other Updates to the 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed update to the home health prospective payment system (HHPPS) for calendar year (CY) 2016 in the July...more

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Hospice and Home Health Update: Recent Legislative and Regulatory Efforts Continue to Change the Regulatory Landscape for Hospice...

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October and November 2014 have been marked by several legislative and regulatory efforts impacting the hospice and home health industries: - President Obama signed the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation...more

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Post-Acute Care Summary Report - 2014: Benesch Health Care Market Intelligence

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In this Issue: - Key Findings - Subsector Activity - Regulatory/Legal - Reimbursement - Excerpt from Key Findings: • The post-acute care (PAC) sector has seen an increase in mergers...more

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Hospice Industry Will Face Stricter Scrutiny Under New Law Aimed at Post-Acute Care Data Standardization

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President Obama signed the “Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014” or the IMPACT Act of 2014 (the Act) on October 6, 2014. The new law is broadly focused on requiring all post-acute care providers to...more

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