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| Hot Topics Pay For Performance Demo Begins For Home Health The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans for a home health pay-for-performance demonstration, a new step become a more effective purchaser of quality healthcare. click for more >> Physicians New 74 Quality Measures CMS unveiled 74 detailed specifications for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, setting-up a financial incentive for physicians to participate in a voluntary reporting program. click for more >> Hospital Payment Reform In 2008 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for the Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) payment for hospitals in the Federal Register on August 22, 2007, effective October 1, 2007. click for more >> Post Acute Demonstration Study Impacts Home Health The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 mandates a post-acute care payment reform demonstration to be in place by next January 1, 2008. CMS sponsored a special open door forum on December 21, 2007 to consult with stakeholders on one step in the development of this demonstration, i.e., a comprehensive assessment instrument to be used at hospital discharge to determine the most optimum post-acute setting, based on patient clinical needs and characteristics. click for more >> Iowa First State To Add Home Health To Medicaid PLANSIowa has become the first state to get Federal approval to add home care and community-based services to its Medicaid plan. Iowa’s benefit will provide case management services and “habilitation services” at home or in day-treatment programs. click for more >> |
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Articles Most Requested PPS The Final Rule – What You Need To Know For Planning By: Pat Laff and Lynda Laff click for more >> PPS: Reimbursement And Therapy Visits By: Cindy Krafft, MS, PT, COS-C click for more >> Patient Satisfaction: The Value Proposition By: Elizabeth Buff click for more >> |
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