Home ›

Skilled Nursing Facilities/Distinct-Part Nursing Facilities

Dec 8, 2008 Pat Blaisdell
in

Skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) have the staff and equipment to provide skilled nursing, medical management and therapy services to individuals, on a 24-hour basis, who do not require high-intensity services provided in the hospital setting.

President Appoints Donald Berwick to Head CMS

Jul 19, 2010 Pat Blaisdell
in

Using a recess appointment that does not require Senate approval, President Obama has appointed Donald Berwick, M.D., to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

CHA Files Lawsuit Challenging 2009 Medi-Cal Rate Reductions

Dec 3, 2009 Wendy Keegan
in

CHA filed a lawsuit Nov. 24 against the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) challenging provisions enacted in budget trailer bill ABX4 5, which purports to perpetually freeze reimbursement rates to hospitals for distinct-part skilled-nursing and subacute services to the rates in effect for the 2008-09 rate year.