Eli's Rehab Report
Let Your Thoughts be Known!
Lots of changes are slated for inpatient rehab facilities for FY 2010, and you have more than one place to offer comments: The Federal Register for the payment updates and the Medicare Benefits Policy Manual for other changes.
CMS will accept comments on the proposed rule until June 29 and will address all comments in a final rule to be issued by August 1, 2009. You can view the proposed rule under Special Filings at www.federalregister.gov/inspection.aspx.
If you have comments on the draft Medicare Benefits Policy Manual revisions, submit them through the link that is supplied on the CMS Web site, www.cms.hhs.gov/InpatientRehabFacPPS/02_Spotlight.asp, rather than through the www.regulations.gov site, which is used for comments on proposed regulatory language. CMS intends to issue the final Medicare Benefits Policy Manual with the final IRF PPS rule.
The final rule will be effective for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2009.
Eli's Rehab Report
- Inpatient Insights :
Prepare for a Basketful of Changes in the Proposed 2010 IRF PPS
Admission screening, care planning slated to change. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled [...] - Audits :
Put RAC Preparation at the Top of Your To-Do List
Inpatient rehab facilities arent the only rehab settings expected to be grilled. Theres no question [...] - IRFS:
Let Your Thoughts be Known!
Lots of changes are slated for inpatient rehab facilities for FY 2010, and you have [...] - Survival Guide :
6 Steps to Prepare You for the RAC Audit Onslaught
Make CMS payment guidelines work for you -- not against you. All rehab providers can expect [...] - Speech Spotlight :
Going Independent in July? Don't Miss These Business Details
Nail down where you can provide your SLP services. The last issue of Physical Medicine [...] - CLINICAL REHAB ROUNDUP :
Parkinson Patients Should Direct Attention Away From Their Bodies
External focus instructions reduce postural instability in individuals with Parkinson disease. Wulf G, Landers M, [...] - READER QUESTIONS :
Billing 97001/97003 With 97542? Know This First
Question: In my fiscal intermediarys local coverage determination (Cahaba GBA for Alabama), under 97542 (Wheelchair [...] - READER QUESTIONS :
Not Treating Medicare Patients? Watch for
Question: In the last issue, I read the article about how therapists cant opt out [...] - NEWS BRIEFS :
Congress Works a Miracle: FY 2010 Budget Resolution Passes
Wondering what your Medicare pay will look like in 2010? Congress just passed a $3.4 [...] - NEWS BRIEFS :
Non-Exempt Suppliers: Jump on the DMEPOS Accreditation Boat
Physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists are exempt, but certain other suppliers of durable [...] - NEWS BRIEFS :
CMS Drops Major Bomb for SNFs in Proposed 2010 PPS
Heads up, therapists in skilled nursing facility settings: CMS just released the Proposed SNF PPS -- [...] - NEWS BRIEFS :
Keep Closer Tabs on Your Hospital Readmissions
Heads up, post-acute rehab providers: CMS wants to get a handle on the number of [...]
