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CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum October 6th

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
September 30, 2016
The next Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Open door forum will be taking place on Thursday October 6th at 2:00mpm EDT. CMS planned agenda for the call includes: Flu Announcement Emergency Preparedness...

CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative Models 2-4 Report Released

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
September 23, 2016
The second Annual Report recently released, provides a summative and formative evaluation of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative Models 2-4 and is based on the multiple...

2015 Annual QRURs CMS Webcast — September 29

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
September 23, 2016
Thursday, September 29 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET To register or for more information, visit MLN Connects Event Registration . Space may be limited, register early. In mid-September 2016, CMS will make 2015 Annual Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs)...

From the Hill: PAC Provider Groups Advocate for Changes to SNF VBP

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Skilled Nursing Care
September 23, 2016
This week a number of post-acute care provider groups sent a letter to Ways and Means Committee leaders advocating for major changes to the Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act (H. R. 3298). This bipartisan bill would establish a...

New Data: 49 States Plus DC Reduce Avoidable Hospital Readmissions

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management
September 16, 2016
Between 2010 and 2015, readmission rates fell by 8 percent nationally. On September 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new data showing how these improvements are helping Medicare patients across all 50 states and...

SNF QRP Provider Training Questions and Feedback on MDS 3.0

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, Pressure Ulcers
September 16, 2016
The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Measures and Technical Information webpage is updated with Provider Training Questions and Feedback on Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 . This document provides responses to questions from...

NEW CMS Overview of the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program MLN Matters® Article

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
September 16, 2016
An MLN Matters Special Edition Article on Overview of the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program is available. Learn about value-based incentive payments Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) may receive based on performance of...

SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program CMS Call — September 28

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
September 16, 2016
Wednesday, September 28 from 1:30 to 3 pm ET To register or for more information, visit MLN Connects® Event Registration . Space may be limited, register early. Learn how the implementation of the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Value-Based...

Society Submits Comments on CY 2017 Physician Fee Schedule

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status, Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
September 9, 2016
This week, AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on their proposed rule entitled Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician...

Observation Stays Coalition Pushes the Improving Access To Medicare Coverage Act Of 2015 in Recent Letter to OMB

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Observation Status, Payment, Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation
September 9, 2016
In a recent letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which had solicited public comments on Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice, the Observation Stays Coalition focused on the importance of passing the Improving Access to Medicare...