Becker's Healthcare April 9, 2021
CMS has released its annual proposed payment updates for skilled nursing facilities, hospices, inpatient psychiatric facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
Twelve things to know about the proposed rules:
Skilled nursing facilities
1. On April 8, CMS proposed increasing payments to skilled nursing facilities by 1.3 percent in fiscal year 2022.
2. CMS estimates that the payment update and other policies in the proposed rule would result in an increase of approximately $444 million in Medicare Part A payments to skilled nursing facilities in fiscal 2022.
3. CMS is seeking public comments on a potential methodology for recalibrating the Patient Driven Payment Model that would account for the potential effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The...
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