Article Publication Date:
8/3/2011
Summary:
This letter provides State Directors of State Units on Aging (SUAs) with information regarding the CMS decision to reduce Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) payments by 11.1% for FY 2012 (a reduction of $3.87 billion). The decision is supposed to create more efficiency in the Prospective Payment System (PPS). The memo describes the implications of such a decision coupled with frozen or reduced Medicaid payments to SNFs and Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs).
Topics:
Medicaid
Types/Tools:
Populations:
N/A
Sources:
ADvancing States
Programs/Initiatives:
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States:
Keywords:
Long-Term Care
Medicare
Contact
National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities
1201 15th Street, NW
Suite 350
Washington, DC 20005
info@advancingstates.org
Phone:
202-898-2578
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/53190