Proposed Nursing Home Pay Rule Has No Major Changes To New Model

CMS is moving forward with its plan to launch a new Medicare pay model for nursing homes beginning in fiscal 2020, and the agency is proposing a 2.5% pay bump for nursing homes in a proposed rule released Friday (April 19). The annual proposed pay rule for skilled nursing facilities includes implementation of the so-called Patient Driven Payment Model, which CMS proposed a year ago . The new model is intended to move away from volume-based reimbursements and pay nursing...