While overall survey frequency improved, feds find widespread lag persists on follow-up inspections
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2024
Twenty states reduced their recertification survey backlog by at least 50% in 2023, but the latest data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services underscores persistent problems with untimely follow-up...
Some providers ‘hurting terribly’ as CMS schizophrenia audit penalties drag on
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2024
A year and a half after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began auditing thousands of nursing homes for inappropriate schizophrenia diagnoses, providers are raising concerns that the quality...
Without planning, TEAM model will cost SNFs money on 5 key procedures: experts
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2024
The latest evolution of a federal push to improve care coordination and reduce costs across settings may spell lost revenue for skilled nursing providers who are unprepared, two experts warned this week.