http://greisguide.com Business and Legal Resources for Long Term Acute Care Hospitals Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:22:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://greisguide.com/2009/09/29/key-guidance-provided-regarding-application-of-mmsea-exceptions-to-ltach-development-relocation-and-change-of-ownership-transactions/ http://greisguide.com/2009/09/29/key-guidance-provided-regarding-application-of-mmsea-exceptions-to-ltach-development-relocation-and-change-of-ownership-transactions/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:49:38 +0000 Jason Greis http://greisguide.com/?p=1422 Section 114 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (“MMSEA”) established, among other things, a three-year temporary moratorium on the establishment of new LTACHs and LTACH beds, subject to certain limited exceptions.  When rules implementing the moratorium were released by CMS in an Interim Final Rule on May 22, 2008, CMS did not specify which change of ownership and facility relocation activities by existing LTACHs and LTACH satellite would continue to be permissible under the moratorium.  In fact, CMS specifically advised the industr that such questions should be directed to their Medicare Administrative Contractors, and that the CMS Regional Office would address specific situations on a case by case basis.  Read More...

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