Tag Archives: LTCH PPS

Prospective Payment System for Long-Term Care Hospitals

federal register • 18 september 2020

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Final Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates;
    2. Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) Registry
    2. Mandatory Insurer Reporting Requirements of Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Act of 2007
    3. Part D Coordination of Benefits Data
    4. State Collection and Reporting of Dental Provider and Benefit Package Information on the Insure Kids Now! Website and Hotline

federal register • 29 may 2020

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Programs:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates;
    2. Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals 
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: Medicare Part D Reporting Requirements
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities:
    1. Manufacturer Submission of Average Sales Price (ASP) Data for Medicare Part B Drugs and Biologicals
    2. Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) Application and Instructions
    3. Value in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Demonstration
    4. Withholding Medicare Payments to Recover Medicaid Overpayments and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 447.31
  • A Notice of Agency Information Collection Activities: National Implementation of Hospice Experience of Care Survey (CAHPS Hospice Survey)

federal register • 03 may 2019

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2020 Rates;
    2. Proposed Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers;
    3. Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Proposed Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals

DHHS has published in the federal register:

  • A Proposed Rule: State Relief and Empowerment Waivers
  • A Notice for the Medicare Program: Administrative Law Judge Hearing Program for Medicare Claim and Entitlement Appeals; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances–January through March 2019
  • A Request for Information: Developing an STD Federal Action Plan

federal register • 17 august 2018

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • A Final Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2019 Rates;
    2. Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers;
    3. Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs (Promoting Interoperability Programs) Requirements for Eligible Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Eligible Professionals;
    4. Medicare Cost Reporting Requirements; and
    5. Physician Certification and Recertification of Claims
  • A Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program:
    1. Medicare Shared Savings Program;
    2. Accountable Care Organizations Pathways to Success
  • A Notice for the Medicare and Medicaid Program: Application from DNV G–Healthcare for Continued Approval of its Hospital Accreditation Program

federal register • 02 August 2018

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CMS has posted for public inspection:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: FY 2019 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements (for publication on August 6, 2018)
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: FY 2019 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2018 (for publication on August 6, 2018)
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2019 Rates; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers; Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs (Promoting Interoperability Programs) Requirements for Eligible Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Eligible Professionals; Medicare Cost Reporting Requirements; and Physician Certification and Recertification of Claims (for publication August 17, 2018)
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2019 (for publication August 6, 2018)
  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities Final Rule for FY 2019, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, and SNF Quality Reporting Program (for publication August 8, 2018)

EBSA, DHHS and IRS has posted for public inspection:

  • Final Rules for: Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance (for publication August 3, 2018)

federal register • 14 august 2017

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2018 Rates; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers; Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Eligible Professionals; etc.

federal register • 14 august 2017

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CMS has published in the Federal Register:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2018 Rates; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers; Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Eligible Professionals; Provider-Based Status of Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities and Organizations; Costs Reporting and Provider Requirements; Agreement Termination Notices

federal register • 22 august 2016

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Final Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2017 Rates;
    2. Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers;
    3. Graduate Medical Education;
    4. Hospital Notification Procedures Applicable to Beneficiaries Receiving Observation Services;
    5. Technical Changes Relating to Costs to Organizations and Medicare Cost Reports;
    6. Finalization of Interim Final Rules With Comment Period on LTCH PPS Payments for Severe Wounds, Modifications of Limitations on Redesignation by the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board, and Extensions of Payments to MDHs and Low-Volume Hospitals
  • A Notice for the Medicaid Program: Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreement

federal register • 27 april 2016

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CMS has published in the federal register:

  • Proposed Rules for the Medicare Program:
    1. Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2017 Rates;
    2. Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers;
    3. Graduate Medical Education;
    4. Hospital Notification Procedures Applicable to Beneficiaries Receiving Observation Services; and
    5. Technical Changes Relating to Costs to Organizations and Medicare Cost Reports