Despite the recent flurry of activity on Medicare payment rules, more are in the pipeline. CMS has sent the final fiscal year (FY) 2016 Medicare skilled nursing facility, hospice, inpatient rehabilitation facility, and inpatient psychiatric facility payment rules to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final regulatory clearance. The FY 2016 final rule for inpatient acute and long-term care hospitals is due soon. While the rules are not available for review yet, they should be going on display at the Federal Register in the near future.
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