JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Senate has endorsed a bill that could boost Medicaid payments for nursing homes. The legislation given initial approval Wednesday would require reimbursement rates for long-term care facilities to be recalculated annually. Legislative researchers estimate it could res...
The state of Missouri requires Medicaid beneficiaries to be "confined to the home" in order to receive home health services provided under its Medicaid program. While this so-called "homebound" rule has been required by statute for home health services in Medicare since the beginning of the pro...
Unlike many states, Missouri doesn't offer home and community-based services waivers for seniors who live in assisted living facilities or memory care units. Supplemental Nursing Care However, the official Medicaid state plan includes Supplemental Nursing Care as an entitlement, so there are no ...
Since 2004, acute care hospitals paid under the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS) have had a financial incentive to publicly report quality measure data on theCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Hospital Compare website.Although Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) do not face the...