CMS PROPOSED RULES
CMS Proposed Rules
We would love to have your comments and feedback on the 2019 CMS Proposed Rules for SNFs, Inpatient Rehab, Hospice, and Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities. To view the proposed rules in the Federal Register, copy and paste the appropriate link. Post your comments here or email them to
devridaw@gvsu.edu.
To view the Fiscal Year 2019 proposed rules posted today at the Federal Register and a CMS fact sheet on each of the proposed rules, please visit the appropriate links.
- Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS) (CMS-1696-P), please visit: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-09015.pdf; see the CMS SNF PPS Fact Sheet at: https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2018-Fact-sheets-items/2018-04-27-4.html
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS), (CMS-1688-P), please visit: https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2018-Fact-sheets-items/2018-04-27-3.html; see the CMS IRF PPS fact sheet at: https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2018-Fact-sheets-items/2018-04-27.html
- Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, (CMS-1692-P), please visit: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-08773.pdf; see the CMS
- Hospice Wage Index & Payment fact sheet at: https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2018-Fact-sheets-items/2018-04-27-3.html
- Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) (CMS-1690-P), please visit: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-09069.pdf; see the CMS IPF fact sheet at: https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2018-Fact-sheets-items/2018-04-27-2.html

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