Medicare rates for Idaho effective 10/01/10

Now Available under "Reimbursement" in the Members Only section of this website.

I have not had a chance to analyze where our current rates are compared to the RUG IV grouper that will go into effect on October 1, 2010 and compared to the Hybrid RUG III rates that will retroactively go into effect once CMS has the infrastructure in place to calculate the hybrid rates. I hope to do that analysis soon. However, Joe Lubarsky indicates there is a payment increase under the Hybrid RUG III, so we should see some extra room in our UPL calculation.

If anyone has any questions on these rates, or would like the full spreadsheet that includes the base rates and cell formulas, please contact me via email at Rick.Holloway@westernhealthcare.com.  Additionally, if you have calculated rates which are different than what I have, please let me know and we will compare formulas.

Sincerely,
Rick Holloway, Chair
IHCA-ICAL Reimbursement Committee