CMS Provider Reimbursement Review Board Decision 2018D05: Kindred 2006-2014 LTCH/SNF Bad Debts CIRP Groups

On December 1, 2017, this Provider Reimbursement Review Board released this decision pertaining to Kindred 2006-2014 LTCH/SNF bad debts CIRP Groups, and whether the providers may be reimbursed for bad debts incurred by patients who were dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. The board reversed the Medicare contractor's dual eligible bad debt adjustments where the state's Medicaid program would not enroll Long Term Care Hospitals, and remanded those claims back to the the Medicare Contractor to determine the appropriate amount of bad debt reimbursement . . .