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CMS announces 1.8 percent rate increase for skilled nursing homes

Aug 6, 2012 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2012—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it will increase payments for skilled nursing facilities by 1.8 percent beginning Oct. 1. There are about 15,000 Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities in the nation, and the rate increase will amount to about $670 million.

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