This set of slides provides LeadingAge NY information on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and funding considerations for 2016. 

LeadingAge NY issues analysis of the SNF PPS final rule, including 2016 Medicare Part A rates and new value-based payment and quality/staffing reporting programs.

LeadingAge provides rate calculation update for the 0.5 percent adjustment in Medicare Part B rates.

LeadingAge NY provides members with a summary of proposed Medicare wage index changes for FY 2016, impacting both nursing homes and home health agencies.

Medicare Part B rates increase by 0.5 percent as of July 1, 2015.

CMS has issued a Q&A document stating that Medicare Part B claims will not be denied due to the lack specificity of ICD-10 coding.

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report associated with a study conducted from 2010-2013 to evaluate billing practices following implementation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of new types of assessments meant to capture changes in the provision of therapy more quickly.