Other Rules, Transmittals, and Articles Recently Published
Inpatient Psych Facility PPS Proposed Rule [CMS-1712-P] (Display Copy available here 4/18/2019; FR Publish Date 4/23/2019) Fact Sheet LinkFederal Register Link * Per diem base rate increase from $782.78 to $803.48. * Elimination of 1-year lag in WIF, aligning it with concurrent IPPS WIF. Inpatient Rehab Facility PPS Proposed Rule [CMS-1710-P] (Display Copy available here 4/17/2019; FR Publish Date 4/24/2019) Fact Sheet Link Federal Register Link * Standard payment conversion factor increase from $16,021 to $16,573. * Elimination of 1-year lag in WIF, aligning it with concurrent IPPS WIF. Long-Term Care Hospital PPS Proposed Rule [CMS-1716-P] (Display Copy available here 4/23/2019; FR Publish Date 5/3/2019) – Published as part of the IPPS Acute Care Hospital Proposed Rule Fact Sheet Link Federal Register Link * LTCH-PPS payments expected to increase by 0.9% or $37M. * Proposal to modify the “Discharge to Community” measure to exclude nursing home residents who already reside in the nursing home. Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Proposed Rule [CMS-1718-P] (Display Copy available here 4/19/2019; FR Publish Date 4/25/2019) Fact Sheet Link Federal Register Link * Increase in unadjusted Federal per diem rates of 2.5%. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Data for FFY2017 (Trans 2271, CR 11187) (Publish Date 3/29/2019) CMS Change in Policy for Accounting of Medicare Crossover Bad Debts (MLN Connects) (Notice Date 4/4/2019) Click here for a copy of the MLN Connects article from CMS. |