Inpatient rehabilitation facilities get a 2.6% payment increase in 2026 based on a final rule released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The rate reflects a 3.3% market basket update, ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a 2.6% payment rate increase for inpatient rehabilitation facilities in 2026. The 2.6% is based on a market basket update of 3.4%, less a ...

Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals are required to report quality measure data to CMS under the Improving Medicare ...

Medicare Advantage plans’ varied interpretations of skilled nursing rules that apply to all beneficiaries in traditional Medicare could complicate federal regulators’ efforts to collect more quality ...

CMS is proposing to modify several hospital quality measures and remove four others, including those focused on health equity and social drivers of health. The agency outlined the changes April 11 as ...

CMS recently proposed a series of payment updates across multiple care settings for fiscal year 2026. ASCs are impacted directly, but the changes could affect care delivery dynamics. Here are 10 ...

Medicare Advantage outperformed traditional Medicare on clinical quality measures before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; mid-pandemic, however, traditional Medicare narrowed the gap on some ...