Long-Term Care

Revisit user fee program won't go away

Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, December 20, 2007

CMS has published another interim final rule with comment period (CMS-2278-IFC2) that implements the next continuation of the Revisit User Fee Program for Medicare Survey and Certification activities into fiscal year 2008.

 

The controversial system, which charges a fee to facilities that require a revisit survey as a result of deficiencies cited during initial certification, recertification, or a substantiated complaint survey, was established in September. The fees for skilled nursing facilities are $168 for an offsite revisit survey and $2,072 for an onsite revisit survey.

 

Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. on February 19, 2008.

 

For the complete text, go to

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-6093.htm.

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