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Inpatient Therapy:

Grasp Therapy-Specific Changes in the Works for 2014 Snf Pps

Published on Fri Jul 12, 2013

CMS wants clarity in therapy days vs. therapy visits. Heads up: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services zeroed in on therapy in the 2014 proposed skilled nursing facilities (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) rule. The agency isn’t planning any big payment cuts, but it does want to ensure that SNFs aren’t classifying patients into a higher-than-necessary RUG category. Key: CMS [...]
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