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Posthospital SNF Care in Indiana Generally Met Medicare Level-of-Care Requirements

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Research by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has found that many hospital admissions of dually eligible nursing home residents could have been avoided because the condition could have been prevented or treated outside of an inpatient hospital setting. To avoid a “reverse false claim” (i.e.,

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CMS described the increase as a “parity adjustment recalibration,” noting that it had previously overestimated overpayments to nursing homes, which resulted in an unintended reduction in reimbursement in 2023. The hospital was part of a high-profile ASC CON denial in 2018, which it described as a setback for patients.

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