Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractors will not be replacing existing program integrity contractors, according to new guidelines from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Oct 28
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 28, 2022
More flexible CMS vaccine mandate enforcement cheers providers … Higher vitality means healthier residents, more productive workforce: report … SNFs under the microscope again on readmissions … HHS:...
Dementia mortality skyrockets since lockdowns; CMS loosens visitor restrictions
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 18, 2020
An excessive number of deaths due to dementia have occurred since shelter-in-place orders went into effect this spring, a new analysis finds. Meanwhile, CMS has proposed a framework for nursing homes...
Also in the News for Oct. 24, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Oct 24, 2022
Psychologist who worked with nursing homes convicted of fraud … HHS commits $13 million for nurse education and training … CMS asks for comment on information collection, including PACE info … Wyoming...
The top long-term care stories of 2023
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 18, 2023
Long-term care providers were intent on dismissing undesirable memories of the COVID-19 pandemic as much as possible in 2023, but the year’s top stories revealed there were still remnants of it to...
Senate Democrats ask HHS to restore some nursing home regulations
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 22, 2018
A group of Democratic senators is asking the Department of Health and Human Services to reverse its stance on rolling back nursing home regulations.
Some providers dubious as return to pre-COVID ‘normal’ gets official OK
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 07, 2022
Providers are still clamoring for answers about how to best comply with a series of new rules and recommendations issued by federal regulators over the last two weeks, officials acknowledged during a nursing...
CMS notifies providers of Medicare scam at doctors’ offices
Jun 19, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services alerted healthcare providers Thursday to a scam involving fake Medicare faxes to physician offices.
8.5% payment boost to Medicare Advantage plans ‘clear signal of support’ from CMS: expert
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 06, 2022
The 8.5% boost in average revenue slated for Medicare Advantage plans in 2023 is proof of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services support of the program and could mean improved payment for post-acute...
NASL winter conference arrives amid uncertainty
Feb 02, 2017
The 2017 winter legislative and regulatory conference of the National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care takes place Monday through Wednesday in Washington.