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Policy: BlueCross Blue Shield of Rhode Island covers interim billing for payment of services provided by an acute rehabilitation/skilled nursing facility, hospice or home health agency. Interim billing is covered for acute care hospitals only if the hospital is covered at a per diem rate.
Federal Fiscal Year 2015 Proposed Medicare IPPS Update. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to update the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and the long-term care hospital (LTCH) prospective payment system for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2015 in the May 15, 2014, Federal Register.