QSO-22-19-NH was issued on June 29, 2022, by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This released Updated Guidance for Nursing Home Resident Health and Safety (Updated Guidance) as part of the Phase 2 and 3...more
Just before the holidays, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) that will overhaul the Medicare Shared Savings Program (“MSSP”). As of January 2018, the MSSP included 561...more
The December 21, 2018 “Pathways to Success” final rule governing Accountable Care Organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) will require expedited migration to financial risk arrangements. The...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a wholesale revision to the rules governing long term care (LTC) facilities on September 28, 2016. Prompted by the changing population of nursing homes which have...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a final rule (Final Rule) that makes changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the MSSP as one of...more
Proposed Revisions to HHA Conditions of Participation - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed update to the home health agency (HHA) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) in the October...more
CMS published a proposed rule on Thursday, October 9th, 2014, updating the Home Health Agency (HHA) Conditions of Participation (CoPs). The proposed rule represents the first update to the HHA CoPs since 1989. Comments are...more
On February 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to reform Medicare regulations that CMS views as unnecessary, obsolete, and/or excessively burdensome on hospitals and health care...more