CMCS Informational Bulletin On Medicare Nursing Home MDS & RUG Reimbursement

This document was released on December 6, 2018, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In this bulletin, CMS informed states of two changes that may impact states’ payments for Medicaid beneficiaries in the nursing home setting. The changes are due to the new case-mix classification model, the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), which CMS is adopting for nursing home and home health services . . .