Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2009
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2008-08-08 · Effective 2008-10-01 · 73 FR 46416
Document
Document number
E8-17948
Federal Register citation
73 FR 46416
CFR reference
42 CFR 413
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2008-08-08
Effective date
2008-10-01
HHS docket
CMS-1534-F
Abstract
This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), for fiscal year (FY) 2009. It also discusses our ongoing analysis of nursing home staff time measurement data collected in the Staff Time and Resource Intensity Verification (STRIVE) project. Finally, this final rule makes technical corrections in the regulations text with respect to Medicare bad debt payments to SNFs and the reference to the definition of urban and rural as applied to SNFs.