From CMS: “In early September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Care Compare on Medicare.gov, which streamlines our eight original health care compare tools. Since then, you’ve …
An Office of Inspector General (OIG) report found that Medicare improperly paid for SNF services when patients didn’t meet the Medicare 3-Day inpatient hospital stay requirement. Here is the summary …
HHS, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is announcing it will distribute approximately $333 million in first round performance payments to over 10,000 nursing homes. These nursing homes …
HHS has changed the rules for COVID-19 Provider Relief Grant funds yet again. In their most recent flip-flop, HHS is now allowing providers to keep grant funds up to the …
Congress has passed the Under the new “Continuing Appropriations Act” of 2021 and the “Other Extensions Act.” Thanks to these new laws, repayment of your Medicare advanced or accelerated loan …
From AP News: “Health inspectors found safety shortcomings at 77 New York nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic, including basic infection-control violations like failing to have staff wear masks or …
CMS announced the availability of up to $165 million in supplemental funding to states currently operating Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration programs. This funding will help state Medicaid programs …
From the RELI Group: “The PEPPER Team has updated the maps that display the PEPPER retrieval rates for PEPPERs accessed via the PEPPER Resources Portal for each state/territory. Percentages reflect …
CMS has issued new guidance for nursing home visitation and COVID-19 infection control. CMS makes it clear that outdoor visitation is encouraged, and indoor visitation is possible if there have …
CMS tasked MITRE, the operator of the CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare (Health FFRDC), with an urgent assignment: Convene a commission of experts to address safety and quality in nursing …
