The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will hold its Medicare Advantage & Prescription Drug Oversight & Enforcement 2014 Program Audits conference on Tuesday, June 24 .It is designed to “provide...
SNF VBP review deadline nearing
Aug 17, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is reminding participants that the deadline to submit Phase Two Review and Corrections Requests concerning the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing...
First NHSN webinar on COVID-19 vaccination reporting changes is Monday
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 22, 2023
The national reporting system for nursing homes to submit COVID-19 vaccination data has set webinar dates to review important changes to the system.
Fearful of losing even more funding, providers to pressure lawmakers on healthcare reform
Aug 14, 2009
Although it wasn’t unexpected, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ official announcement that it will be cutting $1 billion from nursing home Medicare payments starting Oct. 1 was...
Tuesday CMS Open Door Forum will discuss minimum staffing rule
By
James M. Berklan
May 03, 2024
The next CMS Long-Term Services and Supports Open Door Forum will take place at 2 p.m. ET with an updated agenda that includes a new nursing home staffing rule update.
It’s time to prep comments to CMS on its proposed nursing home staffing mandate
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2023
Operators can now get started on submitting comments critiquing the administrations proposed nursing home minimum staffing mandate.
Laws and policies in focus next week for LTC therapy and ancillary services providers
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 08, 2013
A keynote address by Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will highlight opening day of the annual winter Legislative and Regulatory Conference of the...
Next week’s SNF Open Door Forum rescheduled
Jan 06, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has decided not to hold a Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long Term Services Open Door Forum conference call in January. The agency announced that it has “rescheduled”...
CMS to post new nursing home Five-Star Quality Ratings
May 22, 2009
Nursing homes’ newly updated star ratings will be made public Thursday on the Nursing Home Compare Web site. Providers have had since Wednesday to review their status and communicate any necessary...
Special national conference call on IMPACT Act Thursday
Sep 21, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is hosting a special Open Door Forum conference call on the IMPACT Act at 2 p.m. ET Thursday.