CMS proposes Medicare Advantage and Part D updates, including 1.84% payment increase
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued Medicare Advantage and Part D updates that include an average payment increase of 1.84% and policy changes that include new supplemental benefits...
Veterans Affairs plans to borrow from the CMS fraud-prevention playbook
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 24, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will share its best fraud prevention tactics used against nursing homes and other providers with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the agencies said...
The boss at CMS has some nice things to say about regulations
By
John O'Connor
Jan 22, 2018
It appears there may be some good news ahead, courtesy of the boss at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Government shutdown could put chokehold on public health
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 19, 2018
It remains unclear how a government shutdown would affect the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services if Congress can’t agree on a bill to send the president by midnight.
SNFs can prosper after CMS’ bundled pay postponement
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Jan 08, 2018
Skilled nursing providers should capitalize on the opportunities presented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ plans to roll out more voluntary payment initiatives, according to observers.
Therapy caps back on as Congress delays action
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2018
Therapy caps are back on for now, even though Congress may still be prepared to eliminate them in 2018.
CMS targets improper SNF discharges
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2018
A new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services initiative will attempt to reverse a controversial trend of evicting residents who can no longer pay from the nation’s skilled nursing facilities.
CMS waives some requirements for wildfire-impacted SNFs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2017
Agency offers blanket waiver in Southern California
Five-Star is anything but frozen
By
Steven Littlehale
Dec 13, 2017
The day after Thanksgiving, CMS further defined its intensions with the Five-Star Quality Rating System; more specifically how the new survey process and derivative data will be used in its calculation...
Only one quality measure for SNFs under new CMS proposal
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Dec 04, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled a shorter-than-usual list of potential Medicare quality measures last week, with only one aimed at skilled nursing providers.