AAHSA Tells CMS to Reconsider Recalibration of Medicare SNF Rates
Posted: June 27, 2008
Our comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) emphasized that the proposed changes in the Medicare payment rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNF) exacerbate essential inaccuracies in the prospective payment system and will reduce needed revenues for quality patient care at a time when costs are rising rapidly.

AAHSA Files Comments on RUGS Rule
Posted: July 13, 2005
Thanks to the efforts by numerous of AAHSA members who sent us feedback on the impact of the proposed RUG Rule on their facilities, on July 12 AAHSA filed extensive, detailed comments to the proposed rule. AAHSA recommended that CMS not implement the proposed refinements until a more appropriate RUG refinement system can be studied and developed. AAHSA also urged CMS to correct the errors we found in CMS’s rate calculations and to release the details underlying these changes. AAHSA also recommended that CMS extend the comment period so that more informed analyses and public comments can be provided, and issue an interim final rule with comment period rather than a final rule.

Summary of AAHSA's Comments
Posted: August 04, 2005
An analysis and key points of AAHSA's comments to CMS's Revisions to Medicare Payment System.

Medicare RUG Revision – Talking Points
Posted: August 04, 2005
CMS has issued a deeply flawed rule revising the Medicare payment system for skilled nursing facilities. Congressional action is needed to prevent the rule from going into effect.