HFMA offers payment resources

Healthcare Financial Management, August, 2005

The following payment resources are available free to HFMA members. Nonmembers can purchase individual copies for $15 by contacting HFMA's Member Service Center at (800) 252-HFMA, ext. 2.

* Fact Sheet: Medicare Proposed FY06 Skilled Nursing Facility Payment Update. This document examines the major points of the proposed FY06 skilled nursing facility PPS payment update published in the May 19 Federal Register. It is available at www.hfma.org/resource/focus_areas/medicare/400460.htm.> * FY06 Proposed Changes to the Post Acute Care Transfer Payment Policy Highlights. This document examines the major revisions to the criteria determining whether a DRG should be included in the post-acute care transfer policy. By expanding the post-acute care transfer policy to more than 220 DRGs, these changes would reduce the hospital inpatient PPS program expenditures by $880 million. The document is available at www.hfma.org/resource/focus_areas/ medicare/400465.htm.

* FY06 Inpatient PPS Proposed Rule Highlights. This document highlights the major points of the hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule published in the May 4 Federal Register. It is available at www.hfma.org/ resource/focus_areas/medicare/400459.htm.