Increased bed taxes warrant stricter federal oversight
MDS 3.0 Insider, August 1, 2014
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to MDS 3.0 Insider!
States have been increasingly taxing skilled nursing facilities and other healthcare providers to fund Medicaid in recent years, and federal authorities should look more closely at this trend, a Government Accountability Office analysis determined.
Nursing homes, hospitals and other healthcare organizations paid about $19 billion in so-called “bed taxes” in fiscal year 2012. This figure was about $10 billion in 2008. The federal government is concerned about the cost-shifting effects of these provider taxes. The report states that the taxes are a way for states to avoid drawing on their general funds to support Medicaid.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to MDS 3.0 Insider!
Related Products
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Don't forget the three checks in medication administration
- Five ways to safeguard your patients' valuables
- Note similarities and differences between HCPCS, CPT® codes
- The consequences of an incomplete medical record
- Q&A: Primary, principal, and secondary diagnoses
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- Skills of effective case managers
- Practice the six rights of medication administration
- Nursing responsibilities for managing pain
- Reimbursement for Facility and Professional Services in a Provider-Based Department by Gina M. Reese, Esq., RN
- E-mailed
-
- Plan of Care Supports Documentation of Homebound Status
- Q/A: Coding infusions to correct low potassium levels
- Note from the instructor: CMS clarifies billing guidelines on proper billing for drugs in a single-dose or single-use vial, including billing for discarded drugs
- Neurological checks for head injuries
- Modifiers and medical necessity
- HIPAA Q&A: Cameras in patient rooms
- Follow these tips to properly report bladder catheter codes
- Examine cardboard boxes stored on floor to avoid infection control, life safety citations
- Differentiate between types of wound debridement
- Consider two options for coding Rho(D) immune globulin given in pregnancy
- Searched