Post-Acute Care
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 11 issued a proposed rule that would update the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2020. In accordance with the statutory mandate in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA of 2018), last year’s…
America’s hospitals and health systems are committed to improving post-acute care — and patient outcomes — while ensuring changes to the system have the patients’ best interests in mind.
The AHA today on Capitol Hill convened a panel of post-acute care leaders to brief lawmakers and their staff about the value these facilities provide to patients and communities.
Congress and CMS have set in motion an ambitious plan to significantly reform post-acute care, which includes long-term care hospitals (LTCH), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF), skilled nursing facilities SNF) and home health (HH) agencies.
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) serve a unique and valuable role within the Medicare program by treating patients who require hospital-level care in conjunction with intensive rehabilitation.
AHA comments on the LTCH provisions in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ fiscal year 2020 proposed rule for the inpatient and LTCH prospective payment systems.
AHA's comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ fiscal year 2020 proposed rule on the SNF prospective payment system.
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ fiscal year 2020 proposed rule for the IRF prospective payment system.
On April 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2020 proposed rule for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS). Comments on the proposed rule are due to CMS by June 18. The final rule is expected around August 1 and will…
On April 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its fiscal year 2020 proposed rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment systems. Comments on the rule are due to CMS by June 24. This AAHA advisory covers the rule’s LTCH-related provisions.