MedPAC Releases 2010 Final Report Recommending Payment Updates for LTACHs and other FFS Providers

Posted by Jason Greis on March 1, 2010 under Articles | Be the First to Comment

On March 1, 2010, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (“MedPAC” or the “Commission”) released its 2010 Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (the “Final Report”).  The purpose of the Final Report is to recommend annual Medicare payment updates for the following nine Medicare fee-for-service (“FFS”) payment systems:  hospitals, physicians, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient dialysis services, hospices, skilled nursing facilities, home health services, inpatient rehabilitation facility services and long-term acute care hospital services.  Read More...

GreisGuide to LTACHs Newsletter (March 2009)

Posted by Jason Greis on March 8, 2009 under eNewsletter | Be the First to Comment

• The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Makes Technical Corrections to the MMSEA Favorable to LTACHs;
• $15 Billion in Federal Relief Spending to Become Immediately Available for State Medicaid Programs;
• “Heard it Through the Grapevine”–EBITDA Multiples Appear to be Down for Minority Interests in LTACHs;
• Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) Update:  Me Thinks Thou Dost Protest;
• IRS Report Provides Insight into Community Benefit and Executive Compensation Practices of Tax-Exempt Hospitals;
• News Posted in February; and
• Upcoming Events

Please click here for a .PDF copy of this Newsletter. Read More...