Posted by Jason Greis on March 1, 2010 under Articles | 
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...
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Posted by Jason Greis on September 21, 2009 under Articles |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed its new bundled prospective payment system (PPS) for dialysis services provided in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) facilities. Read More...
Tags: bundle, end stage renal disease, ESRD, greisguide, greisguidetoltachs, hospital, james riley, kim kannensohn, ltac, LTCH, mcguirewoods, payment, pps, prospective payment system, qip, robert pristave, scott downing
Posted by Jason Greis on August 7, 2009 under Articles |
Many LTACHs and other post-acute care providers have inquired whether they are eligible to apply for and receive incentive payments to adopt certified electronic health record (“EHR”) technology under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the “HITECH Act” or the “Act”). To put it simply, the answer appears to be “no.” Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on May 17, 2009 under Articles |
On April 29, 2009 the Senate Finance Committee (“Committee”) released the first of three health reform option papers exploring proposals for reducing costs and improving quality and efficiency in the country’s health care delivery system. The second option paper addressing potential solutions for reforming health coverage decisions was released on May 14, and the final option paper discussing solutions for financing health care reform is scheduled to be released on May 20. The policy options contained in the first option paper would shift Medicare payments to post-acute care providers from volume‐based to value‐based purchasing by providing new payment incentives for care that contributes to positive patient outcomes. The first option paper contains a number of proposals that, if enacted, would significantly affect Medicare payments to long-term acute care hospitals (“LTACH”). Read More...
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