Medicare

Medicare (Title XVIII) is the federal health insurance program that provides protection to persons 65 years of age and over and to persons eligible for Social Security Disability payments for more than two years.

NABH advocates on a variety of issues related to Medicare, including:

• dual eligibles,
• Medicare RACs,
• the Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS),
• the Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS),
• the Medicare 190-day lifetime limit ,
• readmission issues
• Medicare Conditions of Participation.

6/13/2017
NABH comment letter on CMS proposed rule on quality reporting requirements for inpatient psychiatric facilities