The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Sept. 1 conference call on the new Resource Utilization Group payment categories for skilled nursing facilities, known as RUG-IV.
CMS intends to implement the new categories Oct.1. The call will discuss the transition from RUG-III to RUG-IV and the additional changes needed to install a hybrid RUG-III grouper (HR-III) mandated by statute.
Speakers include Sheila Lambowitz, director, and Ellen Berry, health insurance specialist, at the CMS Division of Institutional Post Acute Care.
You can register for the call online to receive the dial-in information. A slide presentation will be posted before the call and a transcript after at www.cms.gov.