News & Analysis

November 1, 2016
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the release of FY 2017 Dialysis Facility Reports and End Stage Renal Disease Core Survey Materials; the Denial of Home Health Payments When Required Patient Assessment Is Not Received; a Quality Payment Program fact sheet, and more!

November 1, 2016
Medicare Insider

This week’s note from the instructor discusses PTAC, its mission, and submitting proposals.

October 25, 2016
News & Insights

An inadvertent change in CMS guidance from “subsection (d) hospital” to “acute care hospital” to “IPPS hospital” resulted in eligible patients being denied admission to long-term care hospitals, but CMS has since revised its guidance.

October 25, 2016
News & Insights

What are the requirements for compliantly using condition code 44 to change a patient’s status?

October 25, 2016
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include Fiscal Year 2017 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long Term Care Hospital PPS Changes; Revisions to State Operations Manual for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and Swing-Beds in CAHs; and more!

October 25, 2016
Medicare Insider

This week’s note from the instructor discusses corrections to the FY2017 IPPS final rule.

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