Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System & Consolidated Billing For Skilled Nursing Facilities For FY 2018
On August 4, 2017, the Federal Register published this document, pertaining to this rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2018.  It also revises and rebases the market basket index by updating the base year from 2010 to 2014, and by adding a new cost category for installation, maintenance, and repair services; as well as various other changes in relation to Medicare . . .