Skilled nursing facilities face enforcement challenges in COVID-19 environment
By
Jon Ferry
Aug 12, 2020
Skilled nursing facilities have faced unprecedented challenges since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Individuals with many high-risk characteristics are the typical patients of these facilities....
Providers decry major ‘crack down’ without major funding
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 01, 2022
A historic slate of reforms that would set federal staffing standards and ratchet up penalties at poor-performing facilities — but not pay more for on-site upgrades — was widely criticized by providers...
Expert expects DOJ to ramp up nursing home enforcement efforts after pandemic
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 21, 2020
Providers shouldn’t assume that federal authorities will slow down enforcement efforts in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, they should expect authorities to “step up” enforcement...
CMS: First reforms will address ownership accountability, worst performing facilities
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 11, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is on a “full court sprint” toward issuing new guidance and regulations to go with President Biden’s plans for nursing home reform, officials said Thursday.
SNF Open Door forum features blockbuster topics
Nov 07, 2014
The SNF Open Door Forum to be hosted Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should get the phone lines burning. PPS Payment reform, 2015 payroll staffing data collection, quality measures...
BREAKING: CMS wallops nursing homes with planned staffing requirements and increased penalties
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 28, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will establish minimum staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities as part of a plan to “crack down on unsafe nursing homes,” the White House announced...
Nursing home relief fund payments to be based on performance
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 12, 2020
The next round of coronavirus relief fund payments to nursing homes will be based on facility performance in an effort to ensure better outcomes, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday.
New CMS guidance dictates nursing homes must report COVID-19 cases to CDC, residents and families
By
Liza Berger
Apr 20, 2020
In new but anticipated guidance released Sunday night, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is requiring nursing homes to report any COVID-19 cases directly to the Centers for Disease Control and...
Resident hospital transfer forms: The 5 most useful pieces of information
By
Alicia Lasek
May 12, 2021
The creators of a new automated hospital transfer form say they have identified the five must-have pieces of information needed to reduce clinical complications when nursing home residents are brought...
‘Trust’ will help nursing homes weather ‘incredible storm’ of reform and pay cuts
Apr 19, 2022
Thanks to an enormous proposed Medicare pay cut from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, plus the Biden administration’s sweeping new plans for nursing home reform, operators find themselves...