tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 38

Rehab: 5 WAYS THE NEW 65 PERCENT RULE WILL AFFECT REHAB

Experts reveal the hidden fallout from CMS' recently proposed rule.There's still a lot to hate about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed "65-Percent" classification rule for inpatient rehab facilities, but hospital outpatient departments, skilled nursing facilities and comprehensive outpatient rehab facilities may find a silver lining in this dark cloud. Since CMS announced the rule, the following five points have become clear: 1. The new rule's not much different from the old "75-percent" rule. The new rule is still just a tool for the government to steer patients to lower-cost, less-intensive places for rehabilitation, contends Lyndean...

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