Providers were bracing for the first federal minimum staffing proposal, the details of which could have broad implications for all nursing homes.
Ask the legal expert … about disputed citations
By
Norris Cunningham
Mar 06, 2023
Q: CMS has a new policy of publishing citations against nursing homes during appeals. Why would they include non-final citations?
CMS tells hospitals to fix discharge practices
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 10, 2023
Hospitals’ shortcomings in providing post-acute care providers with adequate discharge information prompted federal regulators to issue a special memo the first week of June.
Ask the payment expert: Can we use a 3-day stay waiver more than once for same patient?
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Sep 11, 2022
Q: Can the 3-Day Qualifying Hospital Stay waiver be used more than once for the same person?
Ask the legal expert … about generator audits
By
Norris Cunningham
Oct 10, 2023
I have been hearing about a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plan to audit generators in nursing homes. What more can you tell me?