SNF SECTOR DIGESTS PHYSICIAN PAYMENT RULE, GIVES INITIAL TAKES

Park Place, July 15: 2026: Issued late on July 14 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the SNF sector’s first reaction was to applaud the proposed rule’s fix of a policy error from last year to equalize SNF physician payments to be the same for both long-stay residents and short-stay patients.