National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Tuesday, September 22 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET Register for Medicare Learning Network events. During this call, learn about the unique challenges facing...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched Care Compare , a streamlined redesign of eight existing CMS health care compare tools available on Medicare.gov – including Nursing Home Compare. Care Compare provides a single...
There were several important telehealth proposals for post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) included in the release of the CY2021 Physician Fee Scheduled Proposed Rule earlier this month. The proposals aim to build on the momentum from waivers for...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing a national nursing home training program for frontline nursing home staff and nursing home management. The training is designed to equip both frontline caregivers and their...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced sweeping regulatory changes that require nursing homes to test staff and offer COVID-19 testing to residents for. Laboratories and nursing homes using point-of-care testing devices...
Ninety three bipartisan members of the House of Representatives have called on House leadership to protect patients and medical professionals by waiving pending rate cuts to Medicare and Medicaid services. The letter also urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports are available. Review your performance data on quality measures today (August 30), prior to public display on the Nursing Home Compare website in October. Corrections to the underlying data are...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published on its website a new resource outlining various state actions around COVID19. Learn from creative plans implemented by state governments and other entities in the Toolkit on State...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revised MLN Matters Article MM11859 on Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Pricer Update FY 2021 (PDF) to include information about a 5% cap.
Guidance outlines recommendations to state agencies on Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of survey activities On August 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will resume routine inspections of all Medicare...
