Medicare Issues 2019 Payment & Policy Changes
On July 31, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule [CMS-1696-F] outlining Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Medicare payment updates and quality program changes for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Three major provisions of the final rule are: the changes to the case-mix classification system used under the SNF Prospective Payment