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PROPOSED NURSING HOME PAYMENT REFORMS INCREASE ACCURACY, PREDICTABILITY OF PAYMENT
New Medicare nursing home payment rates for fiscal 2006, proposed today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), will refine the way nursing homes are paid to ensure quality, efficiency, and accuracy of payments, without reducing revenue for the industry.
Press releaseCMS PROPOSES NEW COVERAGE CRITERIA FOR WHEELCHAIRS, SCOOTERS
In its continuing effort to improve Medicare coverage and payment for power wheelchairs and scooters, while protecting the Medicare program and taxpayers from abuse, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released draft coverage criteria for these devices, as well as new codes to ensure proper payment.
Press releaseCMS ADMINISTRATOR TOM SCULLY TO STEP DOWN DEC. 15
CMS Administrator Tom Scully announced today he will resign effective Dec. 15, following three years at the helm of the nation’s second and third-largest domestic programs, Medicare and Medicaid.
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