Posts Tagged ‘CMS’
CMS Moves to Assist Providers to Combat COVID-19 Virus
With the spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quickly moves to protect patients in hospitals and residents in nursing facilities by ensuring health care facilities have up-to-date information to adequately respond to the spread of the virus while making it clear to providers that as always, CMS will hold them…
Read MoreBundled Care Models Have Some Savings, Not Associated With a Drop in Quality of Care
According to a Jan. 8, 2020 blog article in PT in Motion, two new studies of bundled care models used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) conclude that, at least for lower extremity joint replacement (LEJR), bundling is the answer. These studies make indicate that while the savings achieved through some bundled…
Read MoreCelebrating the Holidays: Rules on Leaving a SNF During a Medicare Covered Stay
With Thanksgiving day fast approaching and Christmas a little over a month away, Medicare beneficiaries in skilled nursing facilities (SNF) can attend family gatherings without losing their coverage. In a Nov. 21 Alert, Toby S. Edelman, Ed.M., JD., Senior Policy Attorney at the Center for Medicare Advocacy (CMA), warns residents and their families to beef…
Read MoreCMS Gives Consumers More Info to Make Decisions in Choosing a Nursing Facility
Last week, the Trump Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) moved to provide more information on the federal agency’s nursing home website, to give caregivers, families and caregivers, a better way to easier determine the safety and quality provided in the nation’s nursing facilities. Later this month, CMS will – for the…
Read MoreCMS Proposes Significant Cuts to Physical Therapy Services in 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) calls for cuts to its Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) reimbursement for physical therapy providers by 8 percent beginning in 2021. The reduction for 2021 is included in the proposed 2020 PFS. According to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), hidden with the proposed 2020 PFS, CMS…
Read MoreCalls to Count Observation Stay Toward CMS’s Medicare Three-Day Rule
Today, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) President and CEO Mark Parkinson and NCAL Executive Director Scott Tittle call on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma to use the Agency’s authority to count time spent under “observation status” in a hospital toward satisfying the…
Read MoreCMS Enhances Nursing Home Compare Website
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has modified its Nursing Home Compare website and facility Star Ratings. The internet tool was created to help consumers, their families and caregivers to easily compare nursing homes and to identify areas they may want to ask about when looking for nursing home care. CMS says that the…
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