Rug Reimbursement Rates 2019

Rug iv is a patient classification system for skilled nursing patients used by the federal government to determine reimbursement levels.

Rug reimbursement rates 2019.

This distribution was used to calculate the nursing case mix indices. The dates listed below relate to the rates applicable to inpatient snf pps services and to swing bed pps services on or after 10 01 2015. On july 31 2018 the fiscal year 2019 fy19 medicare skilled nursing facility snf final rule was released by the centers for medicare and medicaid services cms. Patient classification system of resource utilization groups rugs.

Updated 2001 distribution of days for the rug 44 and rug 53 models. This method is stemming from the snf pps fy2012 final rule and was previously rug iii. Fy 1995 costs are updated to fy 1998 by a snf market basket minus 1 percentage point for each of fiscal years 1996 1997 and 1998. Fy 2019 medicare snf pps rate calculator tool disclaimer.

Reimbursement and remittances if your snf and or swing bed is reimbursed at 100 of the federal rate you can now calculate your facility s snf and or swing bed pps rug rates. We list the final case mix adjusted rug iv payment rates for fy 2019 provided separately for urban and rural snfs in start printed page 39170 tables 6 and 7 with corresponding. Rug reimbursement rate chart. The final rule updates the quality reporting program and the snf value based purchasing program and finalizes the patient driven payment model pdpm as finalized in last year s 2019 final snf rule.

This calculator with your facility specific inputs provides estimated snf pps rates and revenues based on tables from the final rule. On july 31 2019 the centers for medicare and medicaid services cms released the fiscal year 2020 fy20 medicare skilled nursing facility snf final rule. The 2020 snf pdpm rate calculator is now available. Rug 44 rug 53 distribution chart based on cy 2006 data is available for download from the downloads section below.

Skilled nursing facility prospective payment system cms. The rates also include an estimate of the cost of services which prior to july 1 1998 had been paid under part b but furnished to snf residents during a part a covered stay. Fee schedule pfs including the professional component of diagnostic. Beginning with fy 2019 value based incentive payments will be made to snfs based on their.

The fy 2019 payment rates set forth in this final rule reflect the use of the rug iv case mix classification system from october 1 2018 through september 30 2019. You can use it to view your facility s rates. This fy 2019 medicare snf pps rate calculator is not an official cms calculator.