CMS Unveils Flexibility That Can Increase Nursing Homes’ Reimbursement Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
- August 25, 2020
Healthcare Finance News (8/24, Hackett) reports on Tuesday, CMS “released a Medicaid Informational Bulletin that identifies flexibility that can increase reimbursement for nursing homes during the COVID-19 public health emergency.” These “flexibilities have been made available to ‘enhance payment’ for nursing homes that have implemented infection control practices, such as the creation of an isolation wing for COVID-19 patients.”