McKnight's June 16, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must consider the COVID-19 pandemic’s broad impact on the skilled nursing patient population and the resulting effect it had on Medicare payments for SNF care before toying with PDPM rates, asserts a new Avalere Health analysis.
The report, issued Monday, evaluated the comprehensive impact the coronavirus pandemic had on patients by using the federal data to analyze how changes to patient care and operations may have affected Medicare payments for SNF care for both COVID and non-COVID residents.
It comes in response to federal officials’ recent proposal to adjust the parity rates after skilled nursing facilities collected $1.7 billion, or 5%, more than expected in Medicare payments in the first year...
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