CMS leader mum on staffing mandate, delivers ‘back to basics’ message
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 08, 2023
A CMS leader steered clear of staffing mandate talk but highlighted a nursing home workforce campaign, renewed survey priorities, discharge processes and much more Tuesday.
As CMS tightens vise on Medicare Advantage, providers argue for even more help
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 15, 2023
Forty-five days after proposing changes that attempt to rein in some of the most-criticized practices of Medicare Advantage plans, federal officials now must filter through nearly 1,000 formal comments.
CMS eyeing PDPM case-mix additions, changes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 24, 2023
Federal regulators are weighing changes to the three-year-old Patient Driven Payment Model to account for missed opportunities — and potentially inappropriate coding choices — a top Medicare official...
Free COVID tests now available to all aging services providers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 09, 2023
Nursing homes and other aging services providers across the US can now access free COVID-19 test kits through an expanded partnership between the Department of Health and Human Services and LeadingAge.
CMS still dropping the ball on infection prevention in nursing homes: GAO
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 12, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has yet to create certain infection prevention standards for nursing homes, a federal watchdog complained Tuesday in a new report.
Nursing home staffing rule ‘balanced and achievable,’ CMS official says
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 15, 2023
Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Thursday defended their minimum staffing proposal for nursing homes as “balanced and achievable,” and provided more details on a coming program...
Nursing home coalition moves forward with 9 plans to fix the sector
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 19, 2023
A national coalition focused on improving the quality of care and life in nursing homes on Tuesday rolled out its nine action plans for the sector.
Providers: Staffing rule a CMS ‘fairy tale’ that will ‘exacerbate’ nursing home access issue
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2024
Despite minor concessions in a staffing mandate issued Monday, many nursing home providers were shell-shocked by what they saw as federal regulators’ intractable stance on minimums at a time when nearly...
Brooks-LaSure: Medicare poised to re-evaluate coverage of new Alzheimer’s drugs
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 12, 2022
In a Milken Institute summit session, the CMS administrator said that Medicare’s door is open to evaluating new data on emerging Alzheimer’s drug candidates.
Study’s amazing discovery: COVID-19 was not very good for long-term care
By
John O'Connor
Aug 05, 2023
Mama used to say the only good thing about being sick is that you’ll feel better later — if you live.