MHA Distributes Analysis For Updates To 2018 Medicare SNF PPS
Staff Contact: Andrew Wheeler
MHA has released an analysis illustrating the estimated financial effect of the federal fiscal year 2018 updates to the Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS. In aggregate, Missouri SNF’s are projected to receive an increase of 1 percent. The analysis does not include effects caused by high-cost outliers, payment for managed care patients or the 2 percent Medicare sequestration. Facility-specific results will vary based on resource utilization groups. Comments on the proposed rule are due to CMS by Monday, June 26. This analysis is posted online for authorized users of HIDI Analytic Advantage.® Current subscribers with questions about downloading files should contact HIDI.
Back To Top
MLN Connects Provider eNews Available
Staff Contact: Andrew Wheeler
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issues updates to MLN Connects Provider eNews. eNews includes information about national provider calls, meetings, events, announcements and other MLN educational product updates. The latest issue provides updates and summaries of the following.
- new Medicare cards offer greater protection to more than 57.7 million Americans
- new quality payment program resources available
- review 2017 electronic health record incentive program requirements
- hospices: submit adjustments to correct payment errors
- Medicare fraud and abuse: prevention, detection and reporting booklet
Back To Top
|
Consider This ...
June is Hernia Awareness Month. Each year, approximately 750,000 Americans seek treatment for a hernia, yet experts believe that hundreds of thousands suffer in silence, primarily because they fear surgery.
Source: Hernia Resource Center
|