The Medicare Beneficiary Notices Initiative (BNI) protects both Medicare beneficiaries (SNF residents) and providers (SNFs) by ensuring certain rights and protections related to financial liability and appeals under the Fee-for-Service (FFS) Medicare … [Read more...]
CMS Adds SNF Part B To TeleHealth On 5/27/20
SNF therapy advocates asked (and asked, and asked, and asked....) and yesterday, CMS answered! Telehealth therapy services can be provided to SNF residents under Medicare Part B {at least for now}. On 5/27/20, CMS released an updated version of … [Read more...]
SNF Medicare Part A Proposed Rule for October 1st 2020
If all goes as proposed by CMS in the recent release of the Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) FY2021 Proposed Rule, SNF therapy professionals will have a chance to catch their breath! The proposed … [Read more...]
CMS Issues Additional Critical Recommendations To Skilled Nursing Facilities 4/2/20
On April 2nd, CMS released additional COVID-19 Long-Term Care Facility Guidance to help mitigate the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in skilled nursing facilities (SNF). The new recommendations included: SNFs should … [Read more...]
Keeping Up With COVID-19: Waiver Impact on SNF Medicare Part A & B, Telehealth and E-Visits
*Information accurate as of 3/26/20. It is anticipated updates from CMS will occur regularly over the next few weeks. **CMS released the Interim Final Rule on 3/30/20. To access the Rule CLICK HERE . The Rule confirmed the information in … [Read more...]
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